Here's what you need:

  • Iron-fixed silk-paint in 4 colours: Medium yellow, black, blue middle, carmine red
  • Silk, natural white (e.g. Crepe de Chine 10)
  • Outliner for iron-fixed silk painting, clear
  • 25 ml liner
  • painting medium for silk painting (for high dilution) if required
  • wooden frame (can be home-made)
  • pins
  • old pair of tights
  • pipette or syringe
  • cotton buds
  • hair band (about 4 cm wide)
  • wadding to pad the hair band

Here's how to do it

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Cut the silk to approx. 16 x 120 cm, wash in mild detergent in warm water to remove silk finish. Iron  (cotton setting) and stretch tightly, narrow sides to left and right, onto a large silk frame (alternatives: canvas or home-made wooden frame). When stretching, the pins are pushed into the wood, staggered to the left and right.
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Now mix the rose pink as background colour for the silk scarf. Use approx. 1 part carmine red ot 15 parts water. Using a pipette or a syringe makes it easier to take small quantities of paint from the jar. Test colour intensity on the fabric by using a cotton bud on a test piece. When the right shade is obtained, stir well. For high dilutions, we recommend adding painting medium (see label for directions) to maintain brillance. Then apply the paint quickly and liberally to the fabric using a soft, thick brush. Crumble up an old pair of tights into a ball and spread the paint while it is still wet. This prevents colour rings forming.
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Allow to dry, then remove from the frame. Fix the paint with an iron (see label). Stretch again. Start painting circles in different sizes straight from the liner onto the fabric using clear outliner. Ensure that the outlines are fully joined up otherwise the paint will bleed. After the outlines are dry, you can fill the circles in the colour of your choice. The colour is restricted to within the outlines. Allow to dry and remove from the frame. Iron-fix again. Then wash out the outliner in lukewarm water. Allow to dry and roll and stitch all outside edges.
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  1. Pad the top and underside of the hair band with wadding: Cut 2 pieces of wadding to the shape of the hair band and glue with adhesive. Then drape the silk scarf evenly round the hair band (possibly gather the scarf with a stitched elastic band in 4-6 places along the hair band first) and sew together along the middle of the reverse.
    Stitch the silk scarf at both ends of the hair band so that it cannot slip. Leave scarf ends loose so they flop in the breeze.
Copyright text and images: Marabu GmbH&Co. KG Germany
 


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