A Beginner's Silk Painting

What do you think of my naive and clumsy efforts at silk painting? Would you like to have a go?

It was much harder than I thought it would be and most of it was achieved through trial and error but it hasn't put me off. I love the feel of the loaded brush against the silk fabric and how the colours look and behave. The silk has amazing absorbency and sucks up the colours with gusto!

If you're interested in having a go, you're welcome to visit my web page in the Gallery at Fibrecrafts to see how I got on and how you can learn from my mistakes.

The Silk Painting Explorer Pack offers the materials and equipment to get started with free-style silk painting and you'll also need an gutta outliner if you wish to emulate the effects used in my painting. Have fun! Allison

Over the Sea and Far Away...

But not so far that we couldn't get Mrs Malledent's parcel out in extra fast time! Ordered only yesterday, Mrs Malledent's alpaca/silk tops arrived in Guernsey this morning. Here's what she thinks about us!

Hello all at Fibrecrafts,

It was good to meet you on our visit there in September.

Just had to say a big thank you for my order. I only ordered the alpaca/silk tops yesterday and it arrived this morning! I had a stall at our local coffee morning in aid of Cancer Research UK and I sold a scarf I made in this lovely blend, and I have an order for another one - hence I needed more tops!

I'm attaching a photo of the first scarf, but my photography is not as good as my spinning and knitting!

Thanks again.

Kind regards,

Karen Malledent


Thanks for the (not so bad!) photo Karen

Bang On!!

We don't want to bang on about it being Christmas in just 7 weeks time, so instead we'll bang on about the great gift ideas we have to help you get there.

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Visit any of the web sites, add items to your bag (if you see anything you like), and then click on either of the other web site links to continue shopping. Your shopping bag will remain with you until you decide to pay.

Across the three shops are a range of kits which contain materials, equipment and instructions for learning a number of crafts. These kits offer excellent value and are ideal gifts for any occasion (yes, including Christmas). Find out more...

If you're still stuck for ideas, the George Weil Gift Voucher could be the answer. Each Gift Voucher is valid for 12 months and can be used against the purchase of any item(s) available from any of the 3 web sites, at the time of redemption.

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