A Silk Sarong painted with Silk Paint

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This silk sarong is decorated with designs, outlined with black Gutta. The designs are painted with water-based silk paint in different colours. Finally the sarong is wrapped in cotton fabric and steam fixed.

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1.   Cut a piece of silk measuring approx. 170cm and place it on top of a piece of polyester wadding. Draw the design with black Gutta and leave it to dry. The line must be continuous preventing the colours from running.
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2.   Fill in the design with water-based silk paint. Use a good brush which can hold a lot of paint.
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3.   Painting around the outside of the design is the hardest. Make sure not to get any dry edges. Once you have started, you must complete the entire piece.
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4.   Paint over the dry edges. Remove any dry edges by pushing the brush well into the silk with wet paint.
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5.   You can add other colours and let these run into each other to mix the colour at the edges.
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6.   After drying, wrap the silk in cotton fabric. Make sure that there is fabric both over and under the silk and ensure one piece of silk is not touching the other.
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7.   Fold until you have a parcel that fits in a large saucepan. You may wrap the parcel in aluminium foil as well. This is to ensure that no water gets into the silk.
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8.   Put large stones or clay pots in the bottom of the pan. Pour water in the bottom and bring it to boil. The water should not touch the parcel, which is placed on top of the stones/pots. Place a towel over the saucepan before putting on the lid to prevent the condensed water from dripping. Simmer for approx. 2 hours to fix the colour.
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9.   Rinse off the excess colour. Then dry the silk and iron when dry.
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10.   Cut two strips, double over and sew as shown. This is for the tie-strings.
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11.   Sew the large piece with a small double seam on the two short sides. The seam is along the sides. Sew on the two tie-strings.
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