Here is the line-up of naturally hand-dyed 100% organic silks for our headed for our color reference binder. Aren’t they GORGEOUS!? (Click to enlarge.)
The two rows on the far left are Fuji broadcloth. The next two rows to the right are heavy silk noile. We did the same color study on each of the fabrics to see how the dye behaves differently on different fabrics
"Sell your cleverness. Buy curiosity, wonder and bewilderment."
- Rumi
A little late, but this weekend marks the official arrival of our dramatic and exhilarating summer monsoon season!
As with the other four seasons, this “fifth season” is one of the many reasons I LOVE calling the flowering desert my home. The air smells and feels sensuously intoxicating. I feel deeply nourished by the daily rhythms and sounds of this place.
Here, my dears, is THE most luscious collection of “my” own brandy-new naturally hand-dyed organic fabrics – in a specially selected palette of happy colors for my next quilt commission! I’m getting started on it by doing some fun warm-ups with improvisational curved piecing. Whee!
An interesting technique called top-stitched curve piecing… running through some exercises the last 2 days to see if I can find a better way to piece deeper curves. So far, this one, pictured above, is my fave. The above “block” is approximately 18” x 20”.
Now, more practice!
"The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
-Carlos Castenada
All gorgeous 100% organic: cotton muslin, sueded muslin, cotton sateen, Fuji broadcloth (silk), raw silk, dupioni silk, heavy noile (silk), silk charmeuse, and more. YUM!!!
"Now I am light, now I fly, now I see myself beneath myself, now the divine dances through me.”
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Happily expanding my repertoire and diving into fuller creative expression with hand-dyeing using eco-friendly, all-natural dyes on organic cottons and silks! With my hunny’s help – Ken has been dubbed my Color Master!
More videos and photos to come of our 2-week learning intensive with master dyer Gail Denton at the Natural Dye Studio just north of Boulder, Colorado.
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