after nicole posted some lovely photos of herself wearing the solar dyed scarf she won in my giveaway, a few of you wrote to ask if there were any more available. so i've been bundling and waiting, bundling and waiting, and have just listed a few solar scarves in my shop.
the process requires a bit of patience, since the dyes are set with only the heat of the sun, and so need to be left to 'cook' for at least a week or so. but it's so satisfying to open the bundles up for the big reveal. as per usual, i don't feel like my photography skills do the colours and details in the patterns justice, but i'm working on it.....
kind of obsessed with the solar dyed bundles right now. i was really pleased with the results from the one i did at the workroom,
so i put a few more together last week, and just opened them up yesterday. i'm making a bunch of shibori scarves for a couple of my retailers, so i'm also going to put on some more bundles for them as well.
my favorite is this one, where i used some cochineal bugs that i had already used to make a dye extract with, some blackberries, and a little bit of osage. i love the peach and purple together, and how a design is formed where the fabric was folded over on itself.
i did another one with blackberries which got all mouldy. not exactly sell-able anymore, but the designs produced by the mould were actually quite beautiful, even if there's not really anything i can do with this one.
and finally there's with onion skins. i like the way it turned out, but feel like it needs a little something more. that's one of the things that i love about dyeing, is how you can continually add layers of colour (and texture) by overdyeing. i've had times where i was completely dissatisfied with the way something turned out, but then overdyed it to become a favorite. i think i'll bundle this one back up with some more, new dyestuffs.
thanks for the sweet comments about the scarves everyone. i had a wonderful time experimenting with colours and shapes making them.
spent the weekend at the cottage, where the entire lawn was covered in a blanket of forget-me-nots. i would never be able to choose a favorite flower, but forget-me-nots have captivated me since childhood. i've always thought that the centre of them looks like it's embroidered, which i think has always spoken to the stitcher in me.
and.....the winner of my first little giveaway is.........nicole! nicole, please write me at jusinden(at)gmail(dot)com, and let me know your snail mail details. thanks so much!
