I thought I would experiment eco-printing on paper as well as fabric. I tore the sheets into A5 size which would fit in my steamer, wet them first, then laid on the flora, with sheets back to back, so as to only get one image on each sheet. The bundle was placed between two pieces...
Author: Cherry Hirsch
June journal quilt
It had to be poppies this month. They are popping up all over the garden and of course poppies feature heavily this year with the commemorations of D-Day and WW1. I cut the poppies and border from a paper napkin, using bondaweb to fix this to the fabric background. I used poppy leaves to print...
Compost dyeing
I recently learned about “compost dyeing” through buying an e-book from Kimberly Baxter Packwood, so though I would give it a go. I used a piece of old sheeting, quite lightweight and rather worn after constant use. I made a bundle using a few previously used pieces of pomegranate skin and a few fresh radish...
May Journal Quilt
I didn’t buy any new tulips last Autumn, but many of the previous year’s “Venetian” collection from Sarah Raven came up again as well as some other bright magenta pink ones that come up year after year and are a fluted shape rather than the traditional cup shape. I knew I had to something...
April Journal quilt
Coming home down the lane a few days ago, the fields were full of oil seed rape in full flower. Such a vivid colour. April fields of gold I dyed a piece of thin calico using a strong lemon yellow solution which is the exact colour of the rape. The fields have lines where the...