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Showing posts with label dyeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dyeing. Show all posts

Monday, February 9, 2015

sun dye workshop

I went to a workshop on using sun dyes. Lisa Febey showed us what sun dyes were and how they can be used. Everyone fell in love with Lisa's beautiful work. She guided us beginners through the process and explained the ways in which we could turn a plain piece of cloth into a wonder to behold. Everyone rushed off to their work and dyes were painted, resists and plant pieces were placed over the material and then we let the sun do its magic. Anyone wanting some more info on sun dyes you can go to Lisa Waltons blog dyed and gone to heaven . She is such an inspiration when it comes to all things fabric related.
Nandroya studios was such a great space for our day of fun that I have to say a special thankyou to Joy for the use of her space nestled amongst their vineyard.   Stay tuned for my results in the next post.

Friday, October 24, 2014

dreaming of dyeing

I have been doing some dyeing lately. I went to a guild workshop on creating your own colourway with the very talented Meagan Marshall aka Thylacine. I played around with full strength colour and also lighter shades.
My hope is to spin these roving up and weave some material for a jacket.