Blue Pink Changeable Silk, WSV 188
$ 10.12
100% Silk, 55″ Wide This changeable silk is made of pink threads in the weft & light blue in the warp giving this an overall purple look that shimmers from pink to blue. This will make a wonderful gown, or petticoat, either men’s or women’s jackets, a banyan or wrapper or may be used to cover bonnets. As an example, in the book Wives, Slaves, & Servant Girls there is an entry for 1772 in The Pennsylvania Gazette, “Run away . . . an indented servant woman . . . had on, and took with her, when she went away . . . an old changeable silk bonnet, lined with blue silk, and tied with a white ribbon”. For hand sewing try quilter’s thread of which several colors will work such as pink 37, or blue 18.
