Thursday, March 26, 2020

A Sophisticated Shantung Silk Ikat

Look at this lovely fabric, which looks like a print, but is really a woven.  

The blocks of color so subtly done really speak to me.

It all started with a pinwheel design.


Then I got involved with the directionality of the multi-colored fabric and realized how unique that was to this fabric.  So I decided that pinwheels could keep for another project.




Then I decided to add another row up top. Its latest iteration.

(For top 2 pictures, on white background, the photo credit belongs to Justin Stafford of Keaton Quilts, thank you Justin for the favor.)



The subtle interplay of the soft colors in the woven fabric really move me.


This magical fabric, closer up.


I just can't get enough of it.