A Silk Dress

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You can make a summer dress for bikinis from two crinkle chiffon scarves. Paint the silk with steam fixed water-based silk paint, then cut the scarf and sew together.

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1   Assemble the silk painting frame: To make a frame, assemble two sets of two sides - each side measuring 120cm.
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2   Attach rubber bands to the suspension hooks and attach these onto the sides of the frame at the upper edge.
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3   Attach the suspension hooks to the silk. Tighten the frame so that the silk is taut.
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4   If you brush the silk with water first, then the colour will run more easily without drying too quickly and forming blotches.
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5   When it comes to colouring two pieces of silk, it's a good idea to count the drops of colour in the same volume of water. The colour here is very diluted. You may add more colour gradually.
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6   Paint a flower in one corner of the wet silk with undiluted paint. You can draw soft lines towards the opposite corner.
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7   When the base is dry, paint the dots in the middle of the flower. Use completely undiluted purple paint.
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8   You may outline the petals with water. This shifts the colour and highlights the shapes.
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9   Wrap the silk in cotton fabric. Silk should not touch silk. Then wrap the fabric in aluminium foil, and put it on a stone in a large pot with some water. Before putting on the lid on the pot, put a towel in-between to absorb condensation. Fix the silk for 1½ - 2 hours, then rinse and iron.
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10   Cut off the three corners. See the drawing. Make straps from the off-cuts, sew together, turn and stitch. On the back, cut down approx. 10cm and sew a rolled edge: Fold over approx. 2-3mm, sew a small stitch on both edges. Pull the thread after a few stitches and the edge will roll.
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11   Sew the sides together. Make pleats so that the circumference fits. Cut bias bindings from the off-cuts. Sew these onto the front and turn over and stitch on by hand.
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12   At the opening on the back, sew a loop to form a fastener Glue two rhinestones together for the button. Sew on rhinestones on the front.
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