Silk Eggs

We usually dye Easter eggs every year, and every year I practically gag at the smell. All that vinegar really gets to me. I also get frustrated with my egg design, I always thing using the wax crayon will yield beautiful eggs and it never does. Anyway, this year I saw on Martha Stewart (yes, I watched it when I was home sick) that she dyed Easter eggs by wrapping them in old silk scarves and boiling them in water with just a little vinegar. I was intrigued!
So, on Saturday Dan and I tried it. We went to our local Deseret Industries and bought some old silk skirts for bargin prices. (Martha Stewart used her old Hermés scarves, yeah, like I have any of those hanging around)



Then you cut them into squares.



Wrap the silk around the egg and secure with a twist tie. You also need muslin to wrap around the eggs to keep the fabrics from bleeding into each other. We bought old pillow cases in stead, they worked just fine. Secure muslin with another twist tie.




Put them in cold water with 3 TBS vinegar and bring to a boil for 20 minutes.




Pull out of the water and let cool until easy to handle. Then unwrap!





I think they would have turned out more vibrant if we'd boiled them longer, but then you wouldn't be able to eat the eggs inside. They would also probably work better with silk that had less white in it and more saturated colors. But, we were pleased with our first attempt and will definitely try this again next year.