Printing Some Silks

My sister Mary had asked me to print a couple background fabrics for a project she wants to do, so I worked on that today. She specifically asked for silks, one  brown and one  green.  She had purchased a tree stencil that she liked and wanted me to use.

I used  silks from my stash; a jacquard that had a leaf pattern



and a dupioni with a very subtle stripe



I used Dye-Na-Flow (thickened) in golden yellow, sulfur green, bright green(with a little black added) for the green piece. Then I brushed some Lumiere Citrine and sunset gold for the metallic highlights over the base colors.

For the brown piece I used brown,ochre, and burnt umber...and then brushed the metallic (sunset gold and copper) over the base color.



As you can see, there was some seepage on the green piece...that is the jacquard. ..it's not as heavy as the dupioni and it wicks more easily.  But the leaf pattern in the fabric looks good with the greens.  I'm just waiting for Mary to let me know if these will work for her projects.  If not, I'll try something different!