Samples of Aurora Silk's entire fabric collection are included in the Fabric Portfolio.
Aurora Silk sells a full selection of natural dyes and mordants.
For ideas on which dyes and which mordants to use, view our Natural Dye colour Chart.
For more detailed dyeing recipes, read Brilliant Colours! by Cheryl Kolander.
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Pongee is another name for Tussah wild silk, when it has been woven into fabric. This is a very durable, medium-weight matte fabric. Good for dresses, work clothes, men's shirts, light weight pants and casual wear.
This fabric when dyed has a slight "shimmer" effect, because the warp is a fine reeled white silk, while the weft is a fine, 2-ply spun tussah. Each dyes a slightly different shade, and with some dyes, a slightly different hue. The result is an enhancement of the colour when the fabric lies in folds: seeing it at one angle to the weave gives a slightly different colour than at the opposite angle.
The natural colour is a light honey beige, a blend of the eggshell off white of the natural cultivated warp and the darker honey of the natural tussah. Very evenly spun and woven.
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