I tried painting on silk Scarf this time and thought of sharing the technique with you guys.
Material Used:
1. Silk Scarf / cloth
2. Silk Colours along with outliner
3. Ring to Stretch the Cloth
4. Pencil for drawing the design on the cloth ( you can get it traced professionally too!)
5. Painting brush
6. A rag and water dispenser
Method:
1. The desired cloth has to stretched on the ring so that the working becomes easier.
2. Draw the design you want to paint.
3. Apply the outliner on the design so that the colours won’t bleed or merge with each other. (You can work without the outliner when you want the merged effect.) Wait for the outliner to dry completely. This might take one and half to two hours.
4. Once the outliner has dried, start filing up the design with your desired colours. There’s no need to dilute the colour or add any medium. You can work directly from the container. Remember to start filling the colour from the center so that the colour will not bleed out side the liner. If you want to shade the particular part, do it when the colour is still wet.
5. If you want to give texture to the colour as its seen in the solid area, you can put salt grains (bigger ones) on the still wet colours. Beautiful star shaped texture will be visible. Again, it is mandatory to do it when the colour is still wet and remove the grains once the colour dries.
6. Let the colours dry for 24 hours and then iron the cloth on the back side. Take care to keep the temperature of iron on “Silk” mode.
7. Now you can wash you cloth.
P. S. These colours can be used on cotton material also. These colours are easier to work on cotton fabric as they bleed less and the effect is better than that of conventional fabric colours.
Reema said
Wow!! U r really creative. I want such a hand made scarf as a gift someday samzi.
Sahaja said
hey sakhi….I wanna try this….but I dont know what is silk colors (i mean any photo or what we should ask for ) and outliner…?
Nice post really….I feel like making one
sakhi said
@ Reema
Thanks… will surely make one for you when we meet!!
@ Sahaja
Fevicryl (hobby Ideas) Silk colours are available in all the arts and craft stores and these colours comes with a small tube of outliner. Click on the above photo to get the enlarged view. In the first snap you will be able to see the box of the colours (blue box).
Do let me know if you need any further assistance.
Happy Painting!!
Sharad Bapat said
wonderful
the drawing is amzing and so is the choice of colors.
this stuff asks for a lot of patience…
Suda said
I have mailed you my address. Do the needful ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW, you rock
Sakhi said
@ Sharad
Thanks
It took me 7 hours for the whole thing to complete! 
@ Suda
Thanks
An alien Earthling said
That’s a crafty piece of work!
Beautiful! 
Sakhi said
Aww.. Thanks…
kanagu said
A very beautiful work sakhi
great 
nice painting
for me its flying like a cotton in strong wind 
I am still wondering how you are getting this much time
My mom love this kind of artistry works. I will tell to her.
Sakhi said
Do Show it to her!
And sometimes i also feel ki time kahaan se nikalu, but ho jata hai!!
madhavi said
wow….just superb
Sakhi said
Thanks Madhavi!!
vishesh said
amazing
Sahaja said
Sakhi Di…I actually, could not find them in stores nearby here in UK [they shud be there but no car, cant go far
]….main India aa rahi hoon in 3 weeks and i shall buy, try and show them to you 
Yayyyy
sakhi said
Hey, I am happy that you are coming to India (I never realised that you don’t stay here!!
)
I am sure I would be availabe there but might be called something else.
will be waiting to see your handy work!!
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aparna said
hi sakhi
just saw ur silk painting.very good work.i really liked it.i stay in hyd n am not finding these colours here. cn u tell me where do u stay(i hv a cousin cmg from bgl on 19th……….s)soi thought if u stay in bgl n cn name the shop n address i cn get it through him
waiting for ur reply
thank u
sakhi said
Hey Aparna!
I think the colours should be available there too in some craft shops. I Stay in ahmedabad but i know that these colours are available in bangalore, though i am not sure about the shop name. Sorry i couldn’t help.
Regards,
Sakhi
manushee said
this i really really like…!
Sakhi said
thanks sweets
sandya said
very nice sakhi. I make smocking frocks for little girls and I stay in Bangalore. I would like to try scarfs and sell them too.
good work
Sakhi said
I would love to see your work… where can i??
sandya said
hi sakhi,
I sell smocking frocks from 0size to 6 years in pure cotton and paster shades. They are beautiful.Do let me know I can send you. My ranges are from 350 to 650 only. bye
nilanjana said
Thanks for teaching such nice craft. silk is just my obsession. handmade silk printing is wow.