DIY Dying Silk Scarves

 On Wednesday evening Wrinkles and Grace had their monthly ladies night out. 

We had a wonderful time in fellowship as we created these beautiful silk scarfs.

 While we waited for everyone to arrive Rachel and I had the ladies fill out a small card sharing a few things about themselves so that we can exchange cards with each other. The idea is to have a multi-generational secret pen pal to exchange what we will be calling,"Grace Mail" throughout the year. We are all very excited about this idea at Wrinkles and Grace and hope to share some of our Grace Mail fun in the future.

 Once everyone arrived we started on our craft for the evening.

 The first step to creating these beautiful scarfs is to pick out a color palette. We will do this by picking out different colors of tissue paper. We will be using the tissue paper as our dye.

 The tables were set so that each lady had their own bottle filled with a mixture of water and vinegar, a silk scarf and clingwrap.

                                      

  We had the ladies put their scarf into a bath of vinegar and water. "All you need to do is get the whole scarf wet and then press the water out."

Now you spread your scarf out flat on your table.

Start taring your tissue paper and placing it onto your scarf. This is your scarf so it is your choice as to how you want to place and tear your paper.

 As you are placing your paper you will need to spray the paper from time to time. This will help keep the papers in place.

 You can over lap your papers or you can leave white space. Again this is your creation. The idea is to have fun and make this scarf your own.

 Once you have all your papers on your scarf just the way you want them you will need to spray down the whole scarf with your vinegar water. Make sure the whole scarf is wet without saturating it. Now that this is done it is time to put a layer of clingwrap on top of your scarf.

Fold your scarf down on itself. Then add another layer of clingwrap  on to the scarf.

Carefully turn the scarf over and add clingwrap to the opposite side of your scarf.

Now it is time to role your scarf up.

Put your scarf into a microwave oven for 4 minutes.

 Carefully take the scarf out of the microwave oven. It will be hot. Please be careful! Use an oven mitt or tongs to take your scarf out of the microwave oven. Place your scarf in the sink and let it cool.

Now that your scarf is cool its time too start unwrapping it. This is the exciting part.

The reveal is so much fun.

  Fun, fun, fun! They all came out so beautifully. Wouldn't this be a great handmade gift? 

We hope you enjoyed our Ladies Craft Night and will join us again next month. Until then happy crafting!