Quote - I've done some work on this sort of thing. There are many styles that are possible, but you mentioned "silk" which means to me that you have left out a couple key features. 

Do any of these show the effect you're looking for? I can tell you how to make these in detail if you like. Let me know which are most like what you want. Click Here for full size.

I'd love to see how you did  #2 and #5 in the top row and #2 and #5 in the bottom row!

They're all spectacular. I'd like to know how you did them all, but I'll settle for just those 4 :)  hehe   If that is over the top, then I'll settle for #5 in the bottom row :)

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi