Play Silks

I recently received two natural home & toy catalogs in the mail (Palumba & Nova Natural), and the boys and I fell in love with their gorgeous play silks...but I really didn't want to spend an arm & a leg to get them an entire rainbow assortment. So, with a little research I ended up at Dharma Trading Co. where I purchased some blank white silks to dye.


I wish I had taken step-by-step photos of the process, but I had to work quickly to get it finished while the baby was napping. It took me about two and a half hours to dye a dozen silks in ten different colors. I only dyed one silk at a time to make sure that it had my full attention to minimize uneven dyeing. (If you look closely you can see that I tried to do a tie-dye pink and purple effect on the purple silk, but the pink dye I had was old, and it didn't dissolve, hence the tiny reddish spots).

The colors are gorgeous!

I love the way the silk shimmers in the sunlight ♥

Since we ended up with a few colors that were rather similar, I'm offering this set up for sale in my new Etsy shop :)

Most importantly...did the kids love them as much as they thought they would?

They tied on their favorite colors as capes, and took 'em for a test drive.

They float like a dream through the air!

They're soft, silky and snuggly.

They feel wonderful against your skin, and they're irresistable to touch!

I'm SO glad that I decided to try dyeing play silks myself! It was such an enjoyable and fun experience (I loved mixing up all those beautiful colors!), and I really hope that I will be able to do it again sometime - I'd love to try some gradiants next time!

Posted in: Dye, Waldorf