indigo dye

We have had some beautiful days for January in Oklahoma, and one of the members of my small group(we met at the OKCMQG) invited us over to indigo dye at her home!  I was first introduced to indigo dyeing at The Makerie Sewing Retreat with Kaari Meng from French General that I blogged about here.   I have always planned to do it again, and thanks to my friend, Agnes, I got the chance : )

She bravely let us leave the vat in her kitchen sink!  We had so much fun making designs with rubber bands, popsicle sticks, pipes, and clamps.

I brought vintage lace and linen to dye, but my friends let me have a bit of their cotton fabric to play with too.

These are my indigo treasures!

I already have plans to do this again in the spring...I think my daughter and daughter-in-law would enjoy this...I know I will : )

The indigo dye that we used is in the picture below...I have ordered a catalog from Dharma Trading. 

I am now dreaming of dying with walnuts and avocado seeds...it is fun to dream!

piece,

elizabeth

show off friday~~~indigo dye

Show Off Friday

I wanted to show the different things that I dyed in the Natural Plant Dyeing workshop

with Kaari Meng from French General while I attended  

the Makerie Sewing Retreat.

Indigo dye on cotton

Indigo dye on hemp

Indigo dye on doily

Indigo dye on lace

Indigo dye on silk

Indigo dye on silk

It was a fabulous workshop!  I am considering stirring up a pot of indigo
at home : )

Now it is your turn to link up something~~~~what do you have for

Show Off Friday

There are no rules for this link up party....this is just the place to show off

projects you are working on!

piece,

elizabeth