Wow Carol, those colours are breathtakingly beautiful and your centre star looks fabulous, can't wail to see more of it. I used dupion silk to make my twin grandchildren christening gowns, my daughter wanted an all in one suit for the little boy in a blue I chose ice blue and she wanted them both smocked and let me choose the colours and style etc, The little girls was in white, or almost white with smocking etc. I also did little hats and I made some shoes on the embroidery machine, it actually made the fabric for them as I used thread to make them they were the exact same colours as the gowns, The silk did tend to fray and so I stabilized the edges and they were fine especially as I was smocking them, it gives the fabric time to fray,but they were fine, they turned out absolutely beautiful, I have always loved silk and everytime it comes on a good special I just have to get some so I do have some lovely colours.
Can't wait to see more of your quilt, it is just going to shine, silk has a life all of it's own.

shining bright and happy here in switzerland - what a sight to wake up to

Absolutely beautiful, Carol! It shines clear across the internet!

Judy

WOW! Even Alvin says WOW!! Gorgeous!

I have my center star completed. Will start working on the outside border around the star. Here is what it looks like so far. I appliqued my circle with a feather stitch in Blue Aurifil 50wt thread. My triangles are going to be in blue so it will tie the blue of the triangles in with the thread applique. I also used the 100wt Superior Kimono Silk thread for the piecing and set my stitch length down to 1.5, the results are a very nice fine seam. Used an Emboridery 75/11 needle with the silk thread in both the top and bottom. It pieced very nicely together.

Wow, Carol. Those colours in dupioni are yummy. How can you bear to cut them? I have some royal purple dupioni that I get out and fondle every so often.

Wow, Carol!!! That is going to be stunning!!! I will be excited to watch your quilt progress this year!!!

oh so delicious... i dyed some dupioni silk last autumn and they're still sitting in my living room - not being worked with but because they're just so wonderful to look at... maybe one day i'll decide what to do with them... i really look forward to seeing the first pictures carol.

Wow!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! Can't wait to see it as you make it!

Sewdreamy wrote:
Thanks Betty. I am excited so see what my center star looks like with these colors.

Scoopie wrote:
Hi Dawn, I used a very lightweight stablizer on the back of the silk. It is a Pellon product, very sheer and soft but helps with the natural fraying which silk has and also helps with handeling it in the machine. From my experiments having no problems with slipping of the silk underneath the needle. It is going to be fun experimenting and seeing what works with using this fabric.

Oh my, Carol, they're just yummy! So exciting.

Margo wrote:
This is going to be a new venture for me. I have not worked with Dupioni Silk before. I will share the process and hopefully I will not encounter too many pitfalls. I think one of the key things will be to make sure my iron temp is not to hot. I did a little experimenting with the Seam-A-Seam. Was afraid it may discolor the silk but it worked great and no change in color. Now off to have some fun.

Carol, that post should have come with a warning! Now I need to clean the drool off my keyboard!!

That fabric is GORGEOUS!! And I can't wait to see how it all comes together!