Silk Dupion Golden Harvest

Silk Dupion Golden Harvest

Silk Dupion (sometimes the spelling is ‘douppioni’ or ‘dupioni’), is a lustrous silk, usually brightly coloured and often woven from two different colours of threads, to give it a shot appearance.  A reversible fabric which is not particularly stretchy, but is relatively easy to sew with or onto. For Goldwork you will need a backing fabric such as  Poly Cotton or Calico 

This silk is brown shot with cream giving it a golden hue. This is a handloom shot Indian silk Dupion which contains a more slubs giving the silk a rougher texture.

Summary

• Beautiful Silk
• Easy to sew on to
• Ideal for Goldwork
• Available in 3 sizes – 1 Metre, Fat Quarter and 14 inches x 12 inches

Fat Quarter is 50cm x half the width (of the bolt)

*Colour may differ to picture shown due to the light