Silk Dupion Watermelon

Silk Dupion Watermelon

Silk Dupion Watermelon (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 

Silk Dupion is the most widely known silk and is made in India. It is a medium weight silk. It has a slubs that gives it a textured effect. The degree of texture does vary from colour to colour and depends on whether it is powerloom (smoother) or handloom (which is more textured)

The Watermelon silk is Lime green shot with Bright pink which gives a multi colour effect, and is powerloom which is smoother, although it still has some slub.

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
• Width of bolt 54″
• Other colours available 

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

*Colour may differ to picture shown due to the light