Mordanting day(s)
This Thursday I am going to use Diana’s dye pots at her beautiful crafting space Craftology. She is a master of natural plant-dyeing and I have used her plant-dyed wool felt, silk and embroidery floss...
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After the mordanting, the (so much more rewarding) dyeing. Four hours straight on a blustery day. I shared the dye pots with Annette who creates lovely needle felted things. She dyed roving, I dyed my...
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As promised here is my lovely stash after having been laundered and dried. A lot of color washed out, as I first rinsed them in a hand basin and then put them on a gentle cycle in the washer. But at...
View ArticleLavender sachets
I have been working on these lavender sachets, using my recently plant-dyed fabrics . The woven ribbon and the fabric I used for the cross-stitch embellishments are from a trunk show with Anna Maria...
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The owner of a local yoga studio asked me to come up with some yoga-related items she would like sell in her boutique. I made samples of eye pillows in different shapes, with various outer and inner...
View ArticleExperiments and travel plans
Everything here has slowed down as the weeks off school are progressing, leaving us all in an increasingly relaxed state. It feels good! To interrupt the lazy summer mood, though, I started trying out...
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