I bought this old, very fine silk scarf from an antique store a while back. Mostly because I completely fell in love with its print: botanical illustrations of Swiss native flowers on a pale pink, cream and green background. But the scarf itself had lots of stains on it and a couple of holes and rips. So over the weekend I decided to cut it up and make some new things out if it: some small coin purses (I attached a lightweight interfacing to the back of the silk to give it structure and hopefully protect from furthur holes) and some little brooches from the scraps. To make those, I appliqued some small pieces of silk to discs of wool felt and then added a brooch pin on the back. I'm happy to have prolonged the life of the silk for a bit longer.
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