Silk Scarf...Finally Finished

Last March a student shared a product that she loves...Bosal woven stabilizer...and highly recommended it for some of my linens. So to put it to the ultimate test I selected a very wiggly embroidered silk scarf to experiment on and was thoroughly thrilled with the results!

I shared a blog shortly after I started this piece to share my process and am tickled to share that I finally got it done. Even though I used the stabilizer, and pin/straight basted, it still managed to wiggle around. See the very uneven edges? I wasn't overly concerned as I had already planned on cutting the double thickness hem off and this would allow me to square it up.

Once the quilting was finished I soaked this piece in warm water for about 30 minutes in order to dissolve the water soluble Superior Threads' Vanish Lite thread (I use this for my straight basting). I then pinned this soaking wet piece to my design wall and pinned it flat. I wasn't concerned about making it square as that was impossible...I just wanted it flat.

Once dry I lightly pressed it to set the block...put it on my cutting table and squared it up. And it turned out marvelous. I've added a wide beautiful net lace for my rod pocket on the back and am searching for a beautiful quotation to sign it with. Any ideas??? Hugs, Cindy :)