Dream Dyeing

I am in love with this and the wild thrill I feel about it has me dreaming of what it might grow into. It reminds me of the flicker feather I embroidered and all that symbolizes to me. Here is the other side:

These leaves had already dyed silk in a previous post and I've got them working on some more cashmere to see what happens next.

More exploration of symmetry on paper with a stamp I made in today's Pattern class.

Looking in the Mirror

Down at the beach I saw a feather floating in the waves. And waves of stitch are adding up on this piece, here and there.

I've also been layering colour from oak, fern and eucalyptus leaves on this silk.

I have a piece of cashmere in the dye pot now and hope to get more of that salmon colour. Here's the whole piece of mirror symmetry - tomorrow I'm back at the Pattern course.

Oakay

As soon as I saw this stained, oak leaf embroidered cloth, I thought 'why not dye it with leaves and bark from a Garry oak tree to give it new life?' So I did...

The imprints are very pale - I've darkened this photo so you can see one. Like ghosts in the cloth, the essence of oak.

I unexpectedly got a lovely soft shade of pink along with the browns, creams and bits of green and gold. The strip of brown reminds me of a tree trunk and the shibori effect is where the ties touched the cloth. Unfortunately the photo does not do it justice.