Product Intro Dresses Robes Skirts
DESIGNER'S SILK PAINTINGS
SILK background is first hand dyed from plants. Painted designs, colour coordinated to patchwork prints, add to the uniqueness of each garment. Newer garments from 2021 will be rather more tabard or kimono styled, in order to give focus on the painted panel.
I dye silk Ahimsa off-cuts acquired from an Irish fashion maker; called 'peace silk' where the silk worms are allowed to continue their cycle; a thicker silk like thin cotton, which tends to result in paler colours after steaming. Habotai standard silk is shiny and gives brighter colours.
Many shades of gold and cream silk backgrounds are achieved with natural plant, seed and bark dyes: from author's own wild foraging and woad growing. Use 'Search' for plants: e.g. 'comfrey' 'hawthorn' etc for author's plant dye processes experimented with so far: one for example with walnuts.
Plant dye painting-mixtures are currently being experimented with on Habotai silk and wool.
SILK PAINTING examples:
DRESSES
ROBES
SKIRTS
JERKIN DRESSES
JACKETS
PATCHWORKS
PLANT DYED SILK
HAND PAINTED SILK
Aldebaran
Casual styled with kimono styled sleeves and adjustable front lace-up for varied sizes in cotton, viscose and lace patchwork. Knee length, medium sized.
Aldebaran available direct from maker £120.00 (No longer on ETSY; purchasing details coming soon...)
Garments are unique one-offs, not available in a range of sizes. Some are size adjustable at bust. Patchwork dresses in mostly linen, cotton, viscose, silk, lace. Knee length and longer. Fabric prints mixture: floral, illustrative, patterned, abstract, animal, geometric. Some with silk painted panels by maker. Commissions taken your fabrics or mine.
LILAC LOTUS - summer coat or dressing gown
Patchwork robe in lilac and white themed cottons, white linen, silk and poly-cotton: featuring thick white cotton embroidery Anglais. Fully lined in warm white brushed cotton. Fits UK sizes 10 with ease or perfect 12. A feminine gown inspired by white linen and embroidered trims. Elegant and very comfortable. Large images (see original robes). Long patchwork panels were the first Shamanic Nights patchwork garment project in 2009 which were planned for bed quilts then changed.
LILAC LOTUS £90.00 available direct from maker. (new purchasing method coming soon...)
Robes and dressing gowns can be commissioned with your own favourite old clothes fabrics or choose from my fabric collections: Lilacs, Pinks, Purples, Reds, Reds-Pinks on Black, Peach, Grey.
TURQUOISE DREAMS
A few skirts are made each summer for Craft Fairs, with few pieces for quicker making than patchwork dresses and robes. Wraparound or elasticated waist is easy for most sizes. Turquoise Viscose (side flaps and sash belt). Silk voile patches of abstract circles print in greens and blues, machined on turquoise silk (which acts as upper skirt lining). Voile looks flimsy, but skirt is robust due to high viscose quality.
TURQUOISE DREAMS £60.00 available direct from maker. (new purchasing coming soon...)
Three 'Summer Blues' skirts are available with wraparound or elasticated waist.
D'ARTAGNAN
Country-smart wool and corduroy jerkin style dress with fitted waist 30 inch, slim hips, and luxury large brown embroidered 'shot' taffeta collar and belt.
Large images on post Jerkin Dresses - Spring and Autumn wear, suitable to wear over jumpers, leggings and jeans. I combine fabrics and colours with different top to skirt, and hem interest. Button fronted , 'A' Line or waist fitted, with capped sleeves, Usually the collar or hem or both will be an interesting feature.
D'artagnan available £50.00 direct from maker: (new purchasing coming soon...)
TUSK
Patchwork White/Cream/Grey/Silver plain and print patches were fitted to Vogue Pattern pieces with slim fitted sleeves, adding a hem extension. One large pearl front button. Back tab embellishment. Black/white patches feature 'toile' design.
TUSK is available £90.00 direct from maker (new purchasing coming soon...)
Jackets are fun in patchwork. Thicker fabrics; linens, heavy weight cotton are suitable.
PATCHWORK artistry
My love of recycling with patchwork explained inMy Ethical Commitment.
Design Philosophy of combining fabrics: harmonising designs, colours, choosing printed fabrics.
Some garments in geometric patchwork grid or dropped brick. Others use garments parts with some patched areas.
Robes and dressing gowns can be commissioned with your own favourite old clothes and fabrics or choose from my fabric collections: Lilacs, Pinks, Purples, Reds, Reds-Pinks on Black, Peach, Grey, Blues, Turquoise.
Plant Dyed Silk by hand
Many plants will yield a cream, gold or beige dye after soaking in water; cold or after boiling fibres. Variations possible with one dye stuff using modifiers. See Menu onPlant Dye Processes which gives procedure guidelines for many hand collected leaves, bark and seeds. It is a craft to experiment and discover with rather than achieve precise colours, as even the water affects the colour.
Shamanic Nights silk painting on shiny Habotai 8 and Habotai 10 silks, or Ahimsa 'peace' silk' which is thicker and softer with only slight shine. Dye colours steam out more subtle on Ahimsa whereas shiny Habotai retains full brighter colours.
Some Silk Painting Examples: HOPI BIRD Designs - Three garment variations use one idea based on an abstract bird design from old Hopi pottery. In Red Hopi the bird design is painted on both white and black ground.
Available in Shamanic Nights ETSY Shop
PATCHWORKS
Patchworks are somewhat like an area of mixed flowers. Asters and seed heads photo from Eden Project quarry garden in September. More floral photographs are on author's photography site in Floral Galleries Resonant Visions
High resolution prints of photographs - florals, trees, coasts - up to 55 inches for wall art will become available to purchase later in 2021-22 on author's Resonant Visions photography site. Mural commissions also using adaptations of photo images, combined with personal requests.
