I am looking for a 36 inch silk with "HAPPY NEW YEAR " on it, does anyone know where I can buy one?
Thanks.

One of these Rabbit in Tuxedo silks from Madhatter Magic and some color Sharpie pens.
http://madhattermagicshop.com/magicshop/......_id=5023

In the white spaces on the 36 inch silk, use the color Sharpie pens to write "Happy New Year" in block letters.

Good suggetion, but I need a more professional lettering job.

Foolish me. I thought you meant you wanted the silk for this New Year, 2012. Since it is for January 2013, you have plenty of time to locate, purchase and have mailed to you the exact silk you need with professional lettering, whatever that is (I guess that means you pay someone else to do a better job of lettering than you can do yourself with your computer as a guide). Good luck in 2012.

Bob Sanders can give you some tips to mark on silk with a Sharpie. I have heard you can do a better job by can using one of those 'hoops' for embroidering to hold the silk taut as you write your message. I haven't tried it, so I don't know how well it works. I have used colored markers on silks, but only to color in some white areas so I could have colors that matched something in my routines. A yellow highlite marker gave me the best results of anything I have tried so far.

I have never tried lettering, so I can't really say how it would work for sure, but with my experience of coloring silks I believe it would be difficult for me to do a real professional looking job. The biggest thing I would worry about would be the ink bleeding and going places where you don't want it to go. It seems sharp lines would be difficult. It may be best to use a marker with a fine point, and probably one that is not so new. Even in coloring silks I find that a used marker with ink that is a little....not dry....but dryer, and not quite as fresh as a brand new one worked best for me. I keep the marker well off the outline at first until I see how far it might bleed. Having an outline, which is usually black makes it fairly safe, but going freehand might be tough, and I would hesitate to try it on an expensive silk.

If you have some time and want to put the money into it, you can contact Tim Sonefelt from Wonder Imagery.
http://www.timsonefelt.com/sonefelt_prod......projects
Tim will do custom artwork on silks and he does a fantastic job!

Regan

Actually I need this silk too, I have searched and still can not find someone supply for this Happy New Year silk.

Maybe I wasn't clear on this, but Tim will supply the silk(s) also. He can print most any design you want. You can send your own digital artwork to him and he will put it on whatever size silk(s) you need. Contact him to discuss the sizes of the silks, colors, designs, and price. He's a great guy.

Thanks for the suggestion, Regan.