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What to get made from a length of silk?

  • 30-06-2012 10:07pm
    #1
    fiona-f
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    I got a gift of a couple of yards of lovely silk from Asia. It's a bit unusual as it is grey pinstripe! So any ideas of what I could get made with it and any recommendations for a tailor or seamstress in Dublin who could design and make a skirt or something from it?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    AnneElizabeth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭AnneElizabeth


    Pyjamas or scarves maybe?


  • #3
    ladhrann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭ladhrann


    fiona-f wrote: »
    I got a gift of a couple of yards of lovely silk from Asia. It's a bit unusual as it is grey pinstripe! So any ideas of what I could get made with it and any recommendations for a tailor or seamstress in Dublin who could design and make a skirt or something from it?

    Thanks.


    What length and width is the cut-length? This will help let you know what can be made from it. If its in the region of 2.7m and at least 1.5m wide then it could make a jacket. Less than that and you could get a pencil skirt out of it. If its 1.2m long by 1.5m wide then you could get trousers out of it.

    If the length is 3m or over you could get a jacket and skirt/trousers or jacket and wasitcoat.

    As the length is from Asia I strongly recommend you unroll it in daylight and check the weave for flaws, hole, runs or tears. You might need a hand to do it properly. Even with flaws a tailor or dressmaker can cut around them depending on what you want made.

    Rosin Cross silks recommend Thomas Wolfangel in Dún Laoighaire as a couturier, you could also try http://anneomahony.com/

    As you're supplying the fabric itself you'll need to provide the details above to the couturier and also ask for the cut, make and trim price. This is the price for doing the work and providing the linings, trimmings etc.


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