Spent the morning dyeing cotton scrim for my nuno class at artfiberfest. The open weave of the fabric allows the wool fiber to felt into it creating a wonderful texture for fiber art projects. And then since I had the dyes out, I got out some silk and rayon velvet that I had ordered and dyed some of that too. It came out so beautifully I can't wait to dye more colors to play with. I also threw in some old kimono silk just to see what would happen and it came out in a nice muted color too. Last week Barbara and I spent the day dyeing silk chiffon scarves for the nuno class...lots of colors...even though they will be mostly covered up by the wool roving...still nice to have a colorful background to work with.
The cats always come to see what I'm up to and pounce on the fabric when I move it around....
some fun little pins I made....
Spent the morning dyeing cotton scrim for my nuno class at artfiberfest. The open weave of the fabric allows the wool fiber to felt into it creating a wonderful texture for fiber art projects. And then since I had the dyes out, I got out some silk and rayon velvet that I had ordered and dyed some of that too. It came out so beautifully I can't wait to dye more colors to play with. I also threw in some old kimono silk just to see what would happen and it came out in a nice muted color too. Last week Barbara and I spent the day dyeing silk chiffon scarves for the nuno class...lots of colors...even though they will be mostly covered up by the wool roving...still nice to have a colorful background to work with.
The cats always come to see what I'm up to and pounce on the fabric when I move it around....
some fun little pins I made....
4 comments:
I am sighing over here,,, I so wish I could take your classes........ I love all those yummy colors.
Hi Mary
It's Barbara @Artful Living in Ojai.
We've started our 5 FAB days with Jill Berry and we are sure missing you. Please let us know if we can look forward to having you here with us. We MISS you.
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i wish i had been there to play too.....
miss mary,
lovely, lovely, lovely. i especially love how the netting dyes.
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