A few more experiments: Bundle 5: silk, organza, thin cotton. Slices of radish, pieces of pomegranate, some bolted red cabbage leaves and a rooibos teabag sprinkled over the whole piece, around copper pipe. This had some success, except for the cabbage leaves that didn’t work at all, so I redyed the whole lot with the...
Author: Cherry Hirsch
Plant dyes
I have become more and more interested in trying out plant dyes, particularly as I have so many possibilities growing in the garden. There were a couple of old red cabbages that had bolted, so having researched the web and found references to making bundles (thanks especially to Wendy Feldberg), this is how I decided...
March Journal Quilt
March Journal Quilt – Promises of Spring March has been a wonderful month – up until the last couple of days when temperatures have dropped noticeably. But the daffodils are in full bloom, with the wild narcissus pseudonarcissus being the first to flower. The primroses are also flowering and the willow has begun to leaf....
Something different
March 1st Usually I have an idea in my head and then work out how to produce something from it. This time I took one of my pieces of shibori dyed cloth and let it speak to me. This is the result: Title : Echoes Stitch, additional fabric paint, chalk ink stamped using an oak...
adventures in dyeing and printing
February 25th I’ve been experimenting with shibori dyeing – so far using two methods – either folding fabric lengthways and then twisting around a pole, or tacking a line of stitch and slipping the resulting pocket over a bottle, pushing down the fabric to give tight folds. I also brushed hot soya wax onto...