SUPPLIES:
Good quality waistcoat/vest pattern
Dye Na Flow colours: As many or as few as you like
Silk 2 yards - Light weight Habitoi 8mm
Frame
Brush, medium quality round
Steel push pins
Gutta, water based
Applicator bottle with #7 tip
Auto Fade pen
METHOD:
Pin silk taut to painting frame.
Cut out your paper pattern for waistcoat from panels
Pin patterns to the silk. Leave room between both panels for cutting out the trim.
Using an auto fade pen draw the outline of your paper template. Remove paper and use auto fade pen to draw
Guidelines for your design
Using water-based resist/gutta, draw out design. Either remove auto fade lines with water to see your gutta design clearly or leave and the paint will make them disappear as you paint.
Paint and have fun!
Use Dye Na Flow in loads of ways - great for salt effect, mixed on the silk blended with Lumiere metallic (both heat fixed), use white #830 to make range of colours pastel, tone down Dye Na Flow with 25% water for washes or use full strength for intense colour.
When your design is finished remove from painting frame and heat fix per instructions on the bottle - 2 to 5 minutes with a dry iron. Then your silk is washable or you may dry clean it.
Now you have your piece of cloth ready to cut out and make your waistcoat per the patterns instructions - I can't sew worth a bean and pay a men's tailor and it's like Christmas when I receive it back all beautifully made up!
Note due to the light silk, the vest is backed with non-fusible backing and backing with a regular men's waistcoat acetate.
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