How do we maintain silk fabrics？
2 min readTapestry satin，soft satin，silk brocade，georgette，light and thin silk yarns，or raw silk can’t be washed in water.Dry-cleaning is advised.However，there are some washable silk fabrics.The following are some necessary points that may help you wash these fabrics.
a.Don’t mix together dark-colored and light-colored silk fabric clothes or silk materials when washing them.
b.Wash immediately sweat-wetted pure silk clothes or soak them in fresh water. Make sure not to wash them in warm water at the temperature of 30℃ and above.
c.Use acid detergent or light alkaline detergent while washing silk fabrics.It is best to use a kind of special-silk-fabric-detergent.
d.Washing by hand is advised.Don’t twist silk fabrics hard or scrub them with a stiff brush.After washing，gently press water out of silk fabrics by hand or with a towel.Dry these fabrics in the shade.
e.Iron-press washed silk fabrics when they are 80%dry，and don’t spray water directly on silk fabrics.Iron the interior covering rather than the exterior ofsilk clothes.The temperature at the flat of the iron should be between 100℃ and 180℃.
f.Fold silk fabric clothes up in good shape and storage them in a closet.It is inadvisable to put camphor or camphor balls in the same closet.
Are there any fashionable patterns of Shu Brocade？
Fangfang Brocade（ check-patterned brocade）.First，a loom is used to weave a single-colored brocade base.On this colorful warp and weft，silk threads are woven into check-shaped patterns.Finally a flower is added to each check.
Yuehua Brocade（ moonlight brocade）.Groups of colorful warp and weft silk threads are interwoven according to designated patterns.The weaving visually transforms from light to dark colors.Then decorative patterns are added by means of tow-to-thread spinning.
Huanhua Brocade（ fallen flower and flowing river）.Plum，peach and other flowers are woven on brocade fabrics，and the overall pattern takes the form of a pleasant scene with fallen flower and flowing river.
Pudi Brocade ，which means adding flowers to a brocade fabric.First，the brocade base is woven into geometric figures with small flower patterns.These support large flowers，which are added to make their pattern look more splendid.
