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I had to get both the silk paints and Resist for painting on silk! This stencil of a rose has been in a drawer for years and finally used it! This used the Serti technique which requires clearly defined areas for the paint. Serti means “closed fence”.

The silk habotai I found online was too big. I needed a quarter of the piece. I figured having the extra pieces will be useful if my first attempt doesn’t go well.

After tracing the rose, I applied the Resist and let it dry. I forgot to wash it off but otherwise, I did fine with the second painting exercise. There is a lot of paint left over because a few drops of paint just absorbed to the lines of Resist.

I have to use interfacing behind the silk because the silk is so thin. Laura gave me ideas for stitching this one too.