Sandwashed silk satin 19mm - Black 0.5m
- Overview
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Our sandwashed silk satin has an incredibly soft hand with a matte, suede-like surface. Sandwashing reduces the natural sheen of the silk which often characterises a more understated look for your garment. Like traditional silk satin, it drapes beautifully making it a wonderful choice for any garment that calls for fabric fall and movement.
So how is the sandwashed texture achieved? Sandwashing is a 'buffing' process generally performed after dyeing the silk. It is a form of abrasion, where the silk is washed or tumbled in a large rotating container with small abrasive particles / pebbles to create the smooth and wonderfully soft surface texture.
Please note: Monitor settings can change the way these colours are viewed on screen. A swatch service is available to help eliminate any guess work!
Make
- Care instructions
Composition: 100% silk
Weight: 19 momme / 72gsm
Width: 137cms
Origin: China
Details
Use for layering or as a stand along garment fabric, it's opacity makes it a great choice for slips, dresses, blouses, camisoles and lingerie. It could also be used as a luxurious lining for your next jacket, coat or dress project.
Try:
Saltwater slip - 81cm-152cm / 32"-60” Bust
Nullarbor cami - 112-162.5cm / 44"-64" Bust
Needles + thread: Microtex 60/10 are our needles of choice for this fabric. Satin weaves are generally a 3 over, 1 under weave meaning there is a longer surface thread on the sewing surface. This is what creates the super smooth surface, but also can make these weaves prone to snagging if you're using the wrong sized needle, or a blunt needle.
Changing your needles throughout a silk project (or other satin / sateen projects) is suggested. For what it's worth, the cost of a couple of needles far outweighs getting to the final top stitching and snagging your beautiful garment!
You can use a silk, cotton, cotton / polyester, or an all polyester thread for sewing your sandwashed silk. Match to Gütermann thread number: in 100m or 250m.
Sandwashed silk does best when pre-treated and cared for with hand washing. We suggest using a tiny amount of gentle detergent or baby shampoo, in cool to cold water.
By sure to rinse your silk several times to ensure you've removed all traces of the detergent. Lay flat on a drying rack or hang to dry in the shade.
About A+R
About A+R Fabrics
A+R is owned and operated by passionate creative Katrina Hope, from her small rural studio located in regional Victoria, Australia.
The name A+R comes from her daughters names, Arlo + Remi.
A+R was established in 2018 with the mission for the business being to offer the highest quality fabrics with a strong focus on natural fibres.
What A+R does differently
A+R carries a unique range of colours and textures that have a strong focus on natural fibres.
Our love of working with and wearing natural fibres is reflected in the collection.
We strives to provide the sewing community an interesting range of fabrics that can only be found here.
Where is A+R?
The A+R Studio is located in beautiful regional Victoria, to the North East of Melbourne.
At this stage we are only online, but do have plans to open the studio for occasional visits.
Order collection is available with prior communication with Katrina.
Local delivery is also available - please use the 'Chat with Us!' bubble to get in touch to discuss.
Ordering online
Placing your first online order?
Ordering from a new store, or placing your first online fabric order can feel a little risky!
A+R Fabrics strives to create an easy + enjoyable shopping experience, whether it's your first of tenth order with us.
We've tried to include as much information about each fabric as possible, but we welcome any questions you may have about project suitability, etc.
We offer swatches as a way of viewing our collection prior to purchase.
Swatches
We offer free swatches to AU + NZ customers so that you can check out our fabrics in person.
This way you can check the colour, weight, handfeel and even run the swatch under your sewing machine to ensure it's going to be the right choice for you project.
Swatches are avaiable to friends in other areas - the website will charge a small fee to cover postage.
Order Fulfilment
A+R is a micro sized (sole operator) business which means our fulfilment times can be a little longer than some of our friends in the Industry.
The current fulfilment time is 2-3 business days.