You can paint silk scarves with dye.
You can create your own painted silk scarf with silk fabric dye, which can be found at craft stores. Aim for an abstract effect with your favorite colors and use 100 percent white silk scarves, which will absorb the fabric dye to the maximum. Alternately, use the paint dying technique on lengths of plain white silk fabric. The raw fabric edges can be hemmed or trimmed with lace edging. The hand-painted scarves make great gifts.
Instructions
1. Iron the waxy side of a long length of freezer paper to the silk.
2. Mix the silk fabric dyes in the plastic bowls according to the manufacturer's directions.
3. Fill the spray bottle with the fabric dye. Spray the fabric without completely saturating the silk.
4. Fill the spray bottle with a complementary color. Spray the fabric, making sure the silk is completely saturated.
5. Dip the sable artist brush into another color of dye. Paint long lines or any sort of design you like on the saturated silk. The second color will bleed into the background color, creating an attractive effect.
6. Allow the silk to dry on a flat surface for 24 hours and pull the freezer paper from the silk. Heat set the dye by ironing the silk at the iron's silk heat setting for 10 minutes.
