I love the texture of this caterpiller, with its tiny feathers and whiskers - what a beautiful 'coat'!
Quite awhile ago I bought this cotton jacket in a thrift shop, planning to alter it because the sleeves were too long and I didn't like the colour. Here it is before and after the mixed blue dyebath:
To me it's the colour of growth, and I'm adding meaningful symbols to it - small quilted patches in a group of three on the left front panel and probably a pocket to balance it, on the lower front right. This patch is cotton, linen and a diamond of my natural dyed silk with a feathery fringe.
And here it is with a heart patch Jude Hill sent me
Now to finish the transformation...
Quite awhile ago I bought this cotton jacket in a thrift shop, planning to alter it because the sleeves were too long and I didn't like the colour. Here it is before and after the mixed blue dyebath: 
To me it's the colour of growth, and I'm adding meaningful symbols to it - small quilted patches in a group of three on the left front panel and probably a pocket to balance it, on the lower front right. This patch is cotton, linen and a diamond of my natural dyed silk with a feathery fringe.
And here it is with a heart patch Jude Hill sent me
Now to finish the transformation...
4 comments:
what a beautiful caterpillar. almost like a stretched out bee... and i love how your shirt turned out. look forward to seeing it when complete.
Thanks, Deanna - those are bee colours, alright!
ah. the heart!
Yes, I really love it. It has sat on my desk in front of my computer screen for a long time and now it's ready to travel further afield... Thankyou!
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