Thursday, September 8, 2011

Renewing What I Have

Coleslaw for dinner, so why not pop the wilted outer leaves into a dye bath with some linen? Almost looks like an octopus lurking in there... I got this soft violet colour and the other fabrics here are ecualyptus bark dyed and plain white for comparision.

And then I moved on to cherry bark, using shibori techniques and getting a different and deeper brown, which I like.


When I put a variety of small bits of fabric into the same dye pot later, it was nearly spent and here's the much lighter colour it produced.


I also came up with a pattern on paper that I like and tried out variations of it and am thinking about how I will translate it to fabric. I'm basing my repeat pattern on a very meaningful symbol I developed from four shapes about ten years ago for my business card that has also been a signature on my quilts.

3 comments:

jude said...

i love the cherry bark brown, so warm.

iHanna said...

Great experiments indeed. Love the octupus in the washer!

Yvonne said...

Jude - I'm pleased with the cherry's brown, too.

iHanna - thanks!