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10th International Shibori Symposium Exhibitions
This is a guest post by Kim of Flextiles. She recently attended the Tenth International Shibori Symposium and I thought you all might to get a glimpse of what she did and saw there. Thanks Kim! My previous post about … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Dyeing, Guest Writer
Tagged Kim Winters of Flextiles, shibori dyeing
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Out of the box Part 3
This is the 3rd and final set of pictures from this exhibit. http://mvtm.ca/?exhibition=colour-unboxed the first is here: https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2017/01/18/colour-unboxed-by-out-of-the-box/ and the second here: https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2017/01/26/out-of-the-box-part-2/ Again I apologise for some of the odd angles as it was very crowded with people enjoying the exhibit. … Continue reading
Posted in Beading, Dyeing, eco printing, Fairs and Shows, Felting Around the Web, Free Motion Stitching, Inspiration, Made From Felt, Mixed Felting Techniques, Mixed Media, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Stitching, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged Colour Unboxed, exhibition, felt, mixed media, Out of the Box
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Tenth International Shibori Symposium
This is a guest post by Kim of Flextiles. She recently attended the Tenth International Shibori Symposium and I thought you all might to get a glimpse of what she did and saw there. There will be a second post … Continue reading
Dyeing Silk
Since the house was tidy for Christmas I used the opportunity to do some dyeing. I mostly did fibres, but I also wanted to dye some silk. I have lots of patterned silk scarves, but wanted some more ‘plain’. This … Continue reading
More Natural Dyeing with Cochineal
This is the last of my summer experiments with natural dyeing. Cochineal are those little scale insects that are picked off of cacti. I’ve seen some really nice results using cochineal such as Nada’s experience she posted on the forum … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing
Tagged cochineal, corriedale, cream of tartar, iron, merino, natural dye, silk gauze, silk habatoi, wool roving, wool yarn
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Art Retreat
Last weekend my surface design group went on an art retreat. We stayed at the Kiwanis Lodge in Marion, Montana which is right on a lake. The weather had been rainy and cold and I thought it would continue into … Continue reading
