You can make a summer dress for bikinis from two crinkle chiffon scarves. Paint the silk with steam fixed water-based silk paint, then cut the scarf and sew together.
Assemble the silk painting frame: To make a frame, assemble two sets of two sides - each side measuring 120cm.
Attach rubber bands to the suspension hooks and attach these onto the sides of the frame at the upper edge.
Attach the suspension hooks to the silk. Tighten the frame so that the silk is taut.
If you brush the silk with water first, then the colour will run more easily without drying too quickly and forming blotches.
When it comes to colouring two pieces of silk, it's a good idea to count the drops of colour in the same volume of water. The colour here is very diluted. You may add more colour gradually.
Paint a flower in one corner of the wet silk with undiluted paint. You can draw soft lines towards the opposite corner.
When the base is dry, paint the dots in the middle of the flower. Use completely undiluted purple paint.
You may outline the petals with water. This shifts the colour and highlights the shapes.
Wrap the silk in cotton fabric. Silk should not touch silk. Then wrap the fabric in aluminium foil, and put it on a stone in a large pot with some water. Before putting on the lid on the pot, put a towel in-between to absorb condensation. Fix the silk for 1 - 2 hours, then rinse and iron.
Cut off the three corners. See the drawing. Make straps from the off-cuts, sew together, turn and stitch. On the back, cut down approx. 10cm and sew a rolled edge: Fold over approx. 2-3mm, sew a small stitch on both edges. Pull the thread after a few stitches and the edge will roll.
Sew the sides together. Make pleats so that the circumference fits. Cut bias bindings from the off-cuts. Sew these onto the front and turn over and stitch on by hand.
At the opening on the back, sew a loop to form a fastener Glue two rhinestones together for the button. Sew on rhinestones on the front.
