And Now for the Fun Stuff

After the shawl and the vests were done, there was leftover silk fabric. That allowed me to make a few small gifts, starting with sachets for the bridesmaids. First we dyed the fabric:



This photo shows the black silk vest fabric as background, the silk fabric and two lining fabrics dyed red. The bridesmaids are wearing red/raspberry/cranberry, I'm not exactly sure what shade of red, so I chose this one, because it matched the ribbon I could find.

The sachets are sewn with a top layer of the handwoven silk, then two layers of lining: the plain lining inside, so the lavender flowers won't poke through, and the figured silk as the back. The figured silk was also the back of the white vest, and it is a particularly open weave, so it needed the lining:



Here is the finished pile of sachets, all neatly tied up with a bow. They each got a little gift bag:



and they were on their way to the bride, to give to her attendants.

And the weather for the wedding day? Rain. Heh.