Natural Dyeing
SAQA Oceania Blog Hop 2016: Improvisation – Lost in the Mist
Welcome to the ongoing SAQA Oceania Blog Hop 2016 featuring 16 of the 12″x 12″ art quilts created by members from the Oceania region – Australia, New Zealand, Brunei, Hong Kong and expats. This year 36 Oceania members contributed a piece that can be seen here in the Oceania Dream Collection. SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates)…
Read MoreFashionation
I was very privileged to be part of the big fashion event in Cooma – Fashionation on 30 April. The focus of the show was on wool. The show was held in the Litchfield’s wool shed Cooma. My first collection of eight pieces were all in wool and the second collection on wool silk blends. It…
Read MoreA bit of this and a bit of that
I have been rather quiet but have been busy. I have been making cushions with my hand dyed eco prints. Then from 12 August we were involved with a group of skiers from Lithuania. They had come for the World Lithuanian Ski races that they had organised to be held the following weekend at…
Read MoreAnother dyeing day
The dreaded cold/flu lurgy has really hit myself and my husband. No energy to do anything. The days have been so beautiful but have not had the energy to do anything. Two weeks later I’m a little better, hubby is not. This morning I decided to do a little dyeing as it was too windy…
Read MoreDyeing bundles unwrapped
After a busy day I finally got to my sample bundles from my dyeing -eco printing session several days ago. I had collected sixteen samples from the vicinity where I live to see how effective the plant material was for eco printing. Some plant material is more effective in the dye bath than in eco…
Read MoreStarting a new blog
I am excited at starting a new blog that will focus on my fibre art and how more exciting that it is coinciding with the launch of SAQA Oceania blog hop. Today I have put together two identical sample groups of native plants to test dye. I decided to be very disciplined (unusual for me)…
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