Monday, February 11, 2008

Vegetarian Silk?

Thanks to those of you that have responded so far. Most of you have sent your address, but a couple have forgotten! I will follow this up next week after Textiles in Focus.

In the meantime I wanted to show you a quick picture of a new line.



I am really excited about these new fabric rolls. We are calling them Embellisher Rolls as the contents are ideal for the machines, but also for any other sort of embellishing too! The main ingredient is Vegetarian Silk. Yes, that's right, a product called Vegetarian Silk. I found it by accident, and it takes the colour beautifully. What is Vegatarian Silk? Well, in truth it is a cellulose fibre from a sustainable renewable source. The rolls contain two pieces of the 'silk', (both are forms of pre-felt and it takes 3 layers of the finer one to make the thicker one. They are rolled together with a piece of fine viscose felt and some fine cotton scrim. Ideal to stitch into for any technique, though. There is another picture of the dyed Vegetarian silk here.

2 comments:

Feather on a Wire said...

They look yummy!

Liv said...

Oh this is an interesting product. Have you ever come across a similar material in a yarn or cording? I am looking for something vegan to use in knotted jewelry in place of silk cord.