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Saturday, 7 June 2008

Laura Kemshall`s workshop & natural dyeing

Sorry about the previous blog I still have trouble working backwards here is the finished bag which is based on an Indian one and below is the square before it is stitched together



I love dyeing and I have always wanted to try dyeing with natural dyes, I was going to leave this until I had done a workshop, but I bought a book " Natural dyes" by Linda Rudkin spent a fortune on mordants and natural dyestuffs.The result is shown apposite the top colour is Logwood a beautiful dark mauve, this is the heart wood of a tree, isnt it amazing that anyone thought of trying it? the pinks are cochhineal ( yes I had to grind up those poor little beatles) the silvery grey is elderberries lovely colour and i shall be doing more when they come into season.The rest is a mixture of the dyes I have got Madder and Alkanet on the go tonight in fact I must go and check the temp of the Madder as it musnt get too hot
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4 comments:

Shirley Anne Sherris said...

That's a lot of fabric to use up Pippa and what a lovely range of colours. You couldn't buy better. I love dying too. I even dye my own machine threads.
Cheers

8 June 2008 at 15:14
sharon young said...

What a mouth watering post. I've been toying with the idea of natural dying for some time and seeing your gorgeous colours I think the time has come to have a go.
Your bag is splendid too, such a lot of scrummy detail :-)

8 June 2008 at 17:26
Liz Plummer said...

Lovely bag! I have found with madder that it works just as well to heat it and then leave it overnight. Stops it getting too hot. Or longer.

8 June 2008 at 18:35
Digitalgran said...

Beautiful colours and that bag is to 'dye' for.

12 June 2008 at 22:03

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