Archive for January 31st, 2012
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
More tea dyeing
For details on dyeing with tea, please see my previous post. Before this vest that I knit was pale green. After simmering in black tea dye liquor for an hour, it is now a lovely camel beige color. A tea dyeing experiment, on the left the un-dyed cotton cloth, next is the cloth left [...]
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Sewing – repurposing clothing as fabric for new clothes
Men’s Arrow shirt previously sewn into women’s shirt, then cut at the empire waist and sewn to corduroy skirt portion here to make a dress. Mens linen cotton short sleeve shirt, used for skirt portion of this empire waist dress, bodice is a purchased knit cotton top. I pieced together the side front panels and [...]
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Embroidery
From Scandinavian Needlecraft, in hand dyed wool on linen cotton cloth, 7 1/4″ x 6 3/4″. Scandinavian Needlecraft motif in variegated Tencel on linen cotton cloth, 12″ x 7″. Polka & Bloom Tree of Life, in variegated Tencel on linen cotton, 5″ x 4 5/8″. My miniature free hand motif inspired by the above Tree [...]
