Still Deciding 💛🌿

                        Antique , vintage or new ?   

                                  I can't make up my mind . 

   I really wanted to use these beautiful antique silk threads on something special . 

All wound with such care on to these old calling cards and party invitations .  

         

Pearsall's  .....just so gorgeous and was once considered the best !  I don't think they  make embroidery thread anymore . Maybe just silk thread for chaps who do fly fishing .....not sure  ? I don't have much of Pearsall's silk threads .

Beautiful DevereYarns and gorgeous Piper's Silk ...not sure if I have the right shade of yellow/gold .

Au ver a soie Paris .. I like .....but only have red at the moment ....don't want to buy any more .

So far I have used Silkmill ..... I love it ! Love Love Love it ! 

 If I were to use it , would I have enough ?

 I'm not sure and if I were to run out , the shop has been temporarily closed , so I would not be able to get any more of the same 😔

    Could I mix them all up ?  You wouldn't ...  but I might ... maybe . . . . . 

               Angel wings ......  

                        Angel wings it is !  Lovely Japanese silk thread !

                    I think I'm pretty much settled on my choices now .

                  Now all I need is peace and quiet and lots of time  . 

                                                      🌿🤍🌿

 

Angel Wings Silk

 

I came to a bit of a stand still on my seraphim project . When I came to stitch the wings , I wasn't sure if I had enough thread  . 

This order of the Heavenly Angels have six wings !

The gorgeous silk thread that I have been using is from The Silk Mill in France , which have temporarily closed  😔 boo hoo ...  So I had to find another , as close as possible to it .

I was lucky to find this little lot of Seta Reale thread on Ebay and the thread thickness size 30 looks to be a good match . I believe this silk thread is made in Hungary and is also difficult to find now .

                                                        So I'll give it a try ! 🤍🕊️🌿

Preparing to use my silk embroidery threads

The time has come that I want to use my silk embroidery thread ....the thing is , it is so slippery smooth and delicate that I am trying not to handle it too much .
 It will snag very easily if not handled with extreme care .  They do need a bit of discipline !
It is a completely different animal to the cotton embroidery threads !!!
   I have gathered a small collection of these beautiful silk skeins and up until now I have wrapped them in tissue and stored them in these Tupperware boxes .
 Now that I want to use them , it would be a better idea to have them out and  cut into lengths ready to use .  I have heard that these pasta racks are a good way to do this .

                                      Wood-work is not really my thing !

     After an hour or so ...but the dowels do not overhang the ends quite like in the picture on the box !  grrrr !

                                             The picture on the box !

 Anyway !....The dowels feel smooth to me , but the silk did not slide on as I had hoped . So I wrapped the dowels in tissue and twisted the ends .

                                                ......and this works !

                            I cant wait to use my silk embroidery threads .

 I have some other makes and some gorgeous antique ones ..I will show you next time ...but these beauties are from The Silk Mill in France .
 

                                   I am tying them on loosely like this .

         They look so pretty ...... but it is time to pull those paper labels off !

 I,d like to hear how you organise your silk embroidery threads ? How do you make them work for you ?

The Silk Mill - Silk threads arrived !

Yippee ! My order of silk embroidery threads from The Silk Mill arrived today !
 They have a special offer on at the moment and I got a free packet of  embroidery silk threads in these gorgeous Christmas colours .
  I am gradually building a collection of them ..I want to do something special with them ..but it's not the right time yet .
 However I might do the Anglo Saxon brooch again , which is why I have chosen this selection called "Lovely Lisboa" I,m thinking of doing it again ,but in these colours .
  Go and have a look at their website at www.thesilkmill.com   .
 I might show you some more tomorrow ....
              ...... so now please excuse me , while I go and play with them !