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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
More, Getting Ready for My Upcoming Show.
My show is coming up fast. It is September 10-11. in Almonte Ontario. http://mvtm.ca/fibrefest-2016/ I dyed some more silk for scarves. Concentrating on purples. I did get 2 scarves finished. The orange one with the yarn on it that I showed … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Dyeing, Fairs and Shows, Felted Hats, Nuno Felting, Scarves, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt hat, nuno felt, silk dyeing
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Textured Felt and Some Dyeing
I finished up some textured felt this week. First the pieces I started last week to cut up. They are the wet ones at the bottom of the post. https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2016/07/26/making-some-progress-and-free-give-away-reminder/ They turned out great. I am sorry for the quality … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Dyeing, Felted Hats, Nuno Felting, Scarves, Silk, Surface Design, Uncategorized, Wet Felting
Tagged felt hat, nuno felt, silk dyeing, textured felt
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Playing with Natural Dyes Part 2
I’ve been trying out different natural dyes using similar materials. This time I tried alkanet roots and logwood with and without iron. Here are the alkanet roots before preparation which took two days to get ready to use. The logwood … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing
Tagged alkanet roots, corriedale, iron, logwood, merino, mulberry silk, natural dyeing, silk gauze, silk habotai, wool yarn
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Some Fiber Reactive Dyeing
The other Day I went over to my friend Elizabeth’s house To play with MX or fiber reactive dyes. these are the dye you use for cellulose fibers and silk. I had planed on doing some silk as I am … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing, Other Fibers, Uncategorized
Tagged Fiber reactive dye, fiber reactive dyeing, MX dye, MX dyeing
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Playing with Natural Dyes Part 1
With summer finally here in the US, it’s wonderful to see color in the yard and all around. I recently had lunch with Cathy (Luvswool) and she showed me some of the prints and natural dyeing she’s been doing with … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing
Tagged corriedale roving, iron, madder roots, Merino roving, natural dyeing, osage orange sawdust, silk gauze, silk habotai, silk mulberry, wool yarn
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