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Great British Sewing Bee and some upcycling fun!
I hinted in earlier posts that I’d been doing more dressmaking and upcycling than quilting and dyeing recently, so I thought I’d tell you what I have been up to. I bought a secondhand Harris Tweed men’s jacket on Ebay very cheaply and altered it. I can’t find any ‘before’ photos but this is […]
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Screenprinting results – first layers
Here are some of the results of my first lot of screenprinting. The sessions have been a bit here and there because I’ve been busy with other things and have had to pop in and out of my studio a lot, doing preparation and then leaving and popping back later to do the actual printing. […]
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Screenprinting with Natural Dyes
When I had my great fabric decorating spree in January, some of my favourite pieces are those I screenprinted with Gocco screens. I used natural dye extracts mixed with gum tragacanth as a print paste/binder. Continuing the series on mud and footprints, I made a screen of these bird prints. I actually made a tiny […]