More dyeing and a necklace

 Here's some more experiments with dyeing.
I tried a verdigris technique, wrapping the vinegar soaked fabric around copper sheet.  I really love the green.

Then I made a necklace.  Formed a flower from avocado dyed fabric, a leaf from the verdigris, added some recycled chain, vintage crystals and a few pearls.

Dyeing! take two!

This dyeing project is from a rusty pan, some nails and bits of wire and steel wool.  It's on a silk organza - looks really cool in the light.

Next I tried the avocado peels and seeds - the color is more intense.  After the boiling process, I let the fabric sit in the dye overnight.  The sheer silk really looks good with the light shining through.

She'll be back . . .

. . . I know - because she left her shoes

Deb has flown back home to Texas. What a perfect Mother's day week. we laughed, created, ate & drank wine. We dyed wool and stamped paint on fabrics. We shopped thrift stores and made 50 cent skirts. We walked on the beach.

Finally! - I'm Back

Just realised I haven't updated in almost a month! So I'll catch up a few things.

This is a scarf dyed in a weaver's guild workshop. It is pole wrapped shibori. I dont usually wear scarfs - but I may wear this one!And these are samples from the same workshop, different methods - stitched, clamped, etc.

My next project is a kitchen re-do! My daughter, Deb, & her boyfriend, Matt ,are coming to install cabinets. And I'm fusing some glass into tiles to be used as accents: Here's a few.

More later!