Playsilks

We were suppose to have friends over to dye playsilks today but had to cancel because Maya was sick. We ordered 6 of them and Alex was really disappointed about having to cancel our party so we decided to split them up and go ahead and do 3 today and save the other 3 for our rescheduled party.

If you haven't done this before it's pretty cool and super easy. I ordered the silks from Dharma Trading company, they come plain white. You dye them with Kool-Aid, vinegar and water in the microwave. For each 30x30 silk you use 3 cups hot water, 1 cup vinegar, add the silk and stir and then microwave for 30 seconds at a time stirring in between to evenly coat the silk until you see the dye moving from the liquid into the fabric. Rinse them out well and hang to dry.

You can see how the color gets absorbed out of the liquid and into the fabric:

The bright red is cherry flavor, orange....well obviously orange flavor, the bright blue is "Berry Blue" flavor, (there is a blue raspberry lemonade one that makes a more pastel blue) and this pretty coral/pink color is strawberry lemonade. (Pink lemonade makes a more true pink).

Playsilks are a lot of fun - they become so many things at our house. They turn you into a ghost, wrap "presents", become a cape or an apron or a scarf, become beautiful stepping stones on the floor to jump on, cover lamps to make colored light and become part of tents!