Pinks

My fabric order from Thai Silks arrived, including the proposed fabric for the contrast fronts on the spring coat.  Of course since, I was placing an order for one piece of fabric, it seemed such a shame not to order more, so three pieces actually wended their way cross country to my house:

The pink piece on the far left is for the coat.  The rose fabric in the middle will either be a dress or skirt and blouse, and the plaid dupioni is intended to be a spring/summer dress.

After reading all the discussions on SewingWorld and Stitcher’s Guild about sewing with silk thread, I decided that this would be the perfect test project.  I had previously ordered a sample booklet for Tire silk threads and I ordered threads for this project.  I ordered silk topstitching thread as well, to give it a try.

Then, I went to S&S to pick up some more Mettler thread, my normal sewing thread, because there were a couple of colors I needed for the stuffed creatures.  While I was there they were very happy to show me the new embroidery threads they were carrying, including this lovely top-stitching thread:

I was, of course, tempted.  So now I will have to play with topstitching and see which one I like best.    Well, actually, I have to test the pattern first…