Dye work in September

                                                 Setting up the back porch for some dye work

                                    Lovely and dark in the pots, pastel and vastly different when dry

             
I used natural dyes (cutch (brown), and a mixture of safflower/myrobolan/madder (pink).  I dyed the two pieces above first, some stretchy jersey I had and some cotton, and then I used up the rest of the cutch re- heating it to dye a piece of canvas.  Canvas I've found is a thirsty fibre, it just soaks up all the left over dye and is usually just as vibrant as the initial run through. 

The photo isn't very good below but I've used the dyed canvas as a base for a 2D piece I've been working on.  I have since removed the orange felt, and added more bead work instead.  It is an experimental piece, so we'll see where that goes. 

                                                               Lace, layers, drapery