by Utilemud - simply gorgeous!
Musings about what I do with my natural, compost, and rust dyed fabrics, ribbons, and fibers.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Vermeer Treasury
Vermeer Treasury by AmberAlexander and if you've haven't seen her watercolors they are gorgeous!
Logwood Purple
The dyed wool air drying out on the skirting table. This table is 4 x 16 feet, each section being 4 x 8 feet. This allows me to lay out a whole fleece and be selective in the skirting process.
I'm not sure why the color in the photo below came out so grayed as the wool wasn't this color! This was pre-rinsing. The shot above is after rinsing and while the wool is drying out on the skirting table.
White Jacob fleece, well mostly, before the mordant vat.
I've been working on this Jacob fleece for a couple of days now and I have to say the purple turned out devine! I can't wait to card some of this up and give it a spin on the ole spinning wheel. I'll have to dye some silk carrier rods to go with for creating a small bit of art yarn for a yet to be determined project - say like faerie hair! I have more fleece in an alum vat and will put it on to dye tomorrow.Thursday, August 28, 2008
Indigo Prairie Seeds
Indigo and cochineal dyed silk fabrics tied with a lovely pink silk ribbon (also dyed with cochineal) Available in my Etsy Boutique.
New Goodies
Slowly I've been updating my Natural Dye Boutique I seem to be fighting the computers, or the internet the whole way today! With patience and persevernce I've managed to load some new Prairie Seeds Natural Dye Packets to my boutique. I was hesitant to use that word at first but it fits, most everything is one-of-a-kind and made of lucious silk or wool!!! Watch for more goodies as they are going fast!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Bird Nest
John and I picked pears yesterday, I was able to find a tree via freecycle that needed picking. I found this beauty on a lower branch as I reached down to pick a cluster of fruit.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Web Site Updated
I decided to update the Prairie Fibers website this morning let me know what you think~! I may update this blog later this afternoon, first I have tomato juice to go make from garden fresh tomatoes no less!!!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Hand Painted
Hand Painted vintage seam binding tape! This is for the faerie dress. For more details on the faerie swap see my blog Wild Hyacinths
Steel with a Twist Treasury
SandFibersSurplus made this yellow treasury. I've made it into a YELLOW treasury!!! Yah know if I make the whole colorwheel by the end of the year that'd be so cool.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
All about Roses!
Roses it's all about the Roses I say! Someone swiped my roses out of my front yard, no kidding, they cut them down flush with the ground! So I'm consoling myself with some rose colored inspired silk carrier rods to make my own garden! I have extra's of these beauties, scent free of course, and am offering them up in my etsy shop!
I'll post what I've made with mine later tomorrow, I've been toying with spinning some bulky art yarns with these rods and then stitching them to a lovely garden inspired surface with an overlay of embroidery.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
Natural Dyed Wool Fabrics
Ok blogger is having issues with loading images so I will try this again later!
Natural Dyed Wool Fabrics
I will be listing Natural Dyed Wool fat quarters, fat eights, and much much more in my Prairie Fibers Etsy store later today as I have more than I can possibly use! The colors are wash and list fast, the fabric is felted and very soft to the touch. I've been using these as my base for needle felting, since they are pre-felted the base is nice and sturdy.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Purplelicious Treasury
NKP Beads made this really purple treasury, I've been in a third of color wheel, treasury wise, this is so COOL
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