my rainbow drying

I  realized after seeing arounna's beautiful and colorful swatches today that I had not yet posted pictures of my rainbow of fabrics and fiber. Thanks Julie for such a wonderful set of classes. I can't wait to get the supplies I ordered to do some more larger scale dyeing, hopefully before winter.  My favorite colors came from the osage, logwood and indigo. I hope to do some more indigo dyeing so I can dip many times to achieve a darker blue shade. I also am very keen to try some of the shibori and dipping techniques using other natural dyes.

logwood           cochineal            madder              osage    is the order of the dyed fiber

I love that piece of silk first dyed in osage after mordanting with alum and tartar and then overdyed with indigo. The other fibers dyed above are cotton, linen, silk, wool felt, vintage crochet cotton for some future covered stones,  merino wool roving, unspun cotton and some vintage linen with lace.

I have many more specific images of the indigo / shibori class results but I will save them for tomorrow to give me a little more time to talk about my inspirations.

Comments

[k]

wow, you definitely made some beautiful colours. sounds like a great workshop and i look forward to what you dye next.

[tara]

Oh, those pinks and purples are beautiful.

[melissa]

beautiful rainbow! i wish i could take a class with you.

[Nanou]

Such exciting classes !!! That Shibori technique looks fantastic ... opening, I guess, new perspectives in your work. Can't wait to see how it turn in your creations ...
Love your rainbow (and particulary that yellow) spectacular in the fally show of the leaves !
Wish you a colorful end of the week, dear Margie !

[Cozy Memories]

these classes were so thrilling ! what a ball yoi had with Arounna & the other ladies of the group ! You had clearly the most colorful & happiest backyard of the whole town !
I'm now dying to dye with you, girl :)
oxoxo hugs

[thelittlegnomeshome]

The colours look so gorgeous together - thanks for sharing :)

[Lisa at Lil Fish Studios]

Just fantastic!

[Karen at sew and sow life]

it's all a bit magical and addictive, isn't it?
so beautiful!

[Julie Shackson]

Stunning range of colours! Absolutely beautiful.

[arounna]

such beautiful results
those were my favourites as well
your indigo pieces turned out so nice

[Plain and Joyful Living]

Those colors are just gorgeous!
I love the backgrounds too.

[Jennifer]

Oh, what fun! Those blues are beautiful. I can see how dying would open up a whole new world of creative possibilities for you. Have fun!