Category Archives: Dyeing

Yummy buttons and fun with snow dyeing

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Liz Plummer

Around Christmas time I treated myself to a few of Lisa Peter’s gorgeous raku buttons – I love her pottery and I had a hard time deciding which to buy.  I love the earthy feel of these three…. Also around … Continue reading →

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Yummy, luscious compost dyed fabric!

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Liz Plummer

Unless you’re a gardening afficionado, the words ‘yummy’ and ‘luscious’ don’t really appear together with the word ‘compost’ but wait till you see this fabric I just rinsed!! A couple of years ago I bought the DVD Markmaking with Nature … Continue reading →

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Jane Dunnewold’s Art Cloth Challenge

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Liz Plummer

In December, Jane Dunnewold of Art Cloth Studios issued a challenge to 12 brave and adventurous art cloth makers. This was the brief, in Jane’s words: In December of 2007, I issued an invitation to surface designers through the Complex … Continue reading →

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Dyeing with onion skins

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Liz Plummer

I have been collecting onion skins for ages now, for dyeing, and I decided the other day that I was sick of the sight of them hanging round.  So I mordanted some pencil roving and some fibre in alum (the … Continue reading →

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Gocco printed House fabric

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Liz Plummer

After you were all so complimentary about my house fabric, I decided that I would list some in my Etsy shop… You can find it here. Here are some pics of it: In case you missed it the first time … Continue reading →

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A trip to Weston

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Liz Plummer

I have been rather neglecting this blog of late so I am going to try and remedy that by bringing in more details of my daily life and what I’m getting up to.  And I’ve also decided to close my … Continue reading →

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