Braids and Soutashe
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Silk Lacet (1 yard)
$ 4.50 - $ 31.50
Visit product page →A 1/8" wide flat silk braid, used on stumpwork embroidery to make small ties for shoes. Also used in finishing embroidery for strings and used to make flowers by slip stitching together into petals and leaves. Sold in yard increments, orders of more than 1 will be continuous if possible.
The lacets are a bit deeper in color than the pictures
1 yard each of 5025, 2126, 2125, 199, 634, 4526, and 741/Cream are in the Harmony Package. These are leftovers and only a handful available.
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Thistle Threads
Soutashe (1 Yard)
$ 4.30
Visit product page →Silk Soutashe is a trim that can be used to outline a project or be sewn down as an embroidery thread. 1.5 mm wide, it can be tacked down to make flat patterns or looped above the surface in a 17th century technique to fill large flowers or grassy areas.
We are unsure if 2533 can be remade, stay tuned. 2916 is discontinued.
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Filament Silk Twist Cord (1 meter)
$ 7.00
Soft and sinuous filament silk cord that is about 1/16" in width. Perfect for edge treatments on curving motifs or round ornaments. Couch down with matching silk threads. Could be used to make mounds or trees in stumpwork.Visit product page → -
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Tresse De Soie 1/6 (meter)
$ 2.00
Visit product page →Tresse De Soie 1/6 is a small round silk braid, approximately 1/2 mm in diameter, that is useful as a trim on stumpwork for small loops, edgings and which can be couched down to fill shapes with an interesting bumpy texture. Birds lend themselves to this treatment well to emulate the feathers. The braid also works well for finishing on smalls where larger cords are often too big for the project. Available in 21 colors of the historic color line. Sold in 1 meter lengths.
This line is being discontinued
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Tresse de Soie 1/8 Braid
$ 3.00 - $ 12.00
Visit product page →These lovely 1/16" braids come in red (945) and black (Noir) with either gold or silver braided into them.
They are useful for small accents on embroidery or finishing cords for projects. Sold by the yard.
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3 mm or 4 mm Silk Braids (yard)
$ 4.00
Visit product page →2126 is a new color in 3mm
During the summer of 2013 I was able to spend time at Au Ver a Soie and learn more about their capabilities. I knew they made some round braids (below) but the most fun was digging through the boxes of special things they made for the couture industry, looking for ideas. One of the things I came upon were these absolutely beautiful flat silk braids. These seven rolls were already made and were looking for a customer and were in colors in our historic color palette already! Access Commodities immediately imported them for me - they are very close to the sweet bag braids used for frog purses, grape purses, and bags and will work wonderfully for them.
I am selling them by the meter and will cut to measure so you can order multiple meters if needed and they will be continuous. The braids are just 3 mm wide.
Laying on top of the braids is a second type and much smaller. This is a pre-production sample of a braid used in stumpwork to make the small ties on shoes. This was my approval sample for a suite of braids to come in 2015 and placed here for scale.
