Saturday, February 19, 2011

Passion for cloth

I have pulled out the boilers again and dyeing 7m of twill silk for a workshop with Julian Roberts I am going to on Monday.

I am clearing a spot for my new veggie patch and have to get rid of some old root stock of passionfruit vine in the process. Remembering India said you can get green from passionfruit I stuffed a whole lot into the pot and cooked away. The dye was a subtle light green in just the copper and I dyed 1/2 the fabric for about 1/2 an hour first then I pulled it out and put some leaves in it. I put eucalypt leaves in the other half of the fabric and here are the results below. I really like the green with the other and I can't wait to see how this dress works out.



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7 comments:

  1. india flintFebruary 19, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    nice. i've been having fun putting together my cloth too...

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  2. vilterietjeFebruary 20, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    wowzer! i LOVE the colours:)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    Wonderful result. I like it.

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  4. LadkaFebruary 20, 2011 at 4:29 AM

    Like the green leaves very much! Will have to try it .

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  5. Joei Rhode IslandFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    Isn't it wonderful to open those surprises! Especially when they are that beautiful!

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  6. Ginny HuberFebruary 20, 2011 at 11:16 PM

    wonderful results...will look for your posting about how the dress came out. no doubt great! enjoy the workshop!

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  7. YvonneFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Gorgeous results! Sounds like a 'cutting edge' workshop and I hope you post about it!

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