viennabelle

Well, yesterday I ironed my new ribbon and I was pretty pleased. Here is the result:

The background is a soft blue and the flocking is a deeper wedgwood blue. The less differentiated swatch was my sample--I realized I didn't get enough contrast with that, so I checked the color set on my full length several times until I got the look I wanted (I'd pull it out and dunk it in a rinse bucket). Overall, a pretty good effort, though I have no idea what I was dyeing, in terms of content (except that it was synthetic something or other).

Incidentally, here are my earlier efforts experimenting with fabric paint...while some colors look ok, I wasn't happy with the uniformity and the loss of the fabric's hand. BTW--the white one is actually silver painted. It really didn't come out good!

For others looking into making a Chemise a la Reine, I noticed today that one of my favorite vendors, Cam Creations, is selling dyeable 5" wide silk charmeuse sashes in 72" lengths. This would be much easier to work with and would look very lovely, too!