Thursday 1 December 2011

Daffodil Dyeing & Jumble Sales


 If you are a member of The Quilters Guild then yesterday or today a copy of The Quilter should have arrived through your letter box. Inside is the article on daffodil dyeing  that I have written. If you are not a member then I will be doing a little tutorial here in the Spring (advance warning to collect some daffodil heads). I just love the range of tones that you can get from this simple flower. I now have a basket overflowing with yellows, begging me to stitch them into them.

Last weekend I went to help at the Scout jumble sale with DS and this pile of clothing found their way home with me. So many lovely textures and colours just waiting to start a new repurposed life, these are mainly  cottons.


I got several pairs of jeans with fantastic pockets, just right for box making.


I also got some laces, embroidered hankies, and some linen place mats . I am well known for taking in stained and torn things like the table cloth below.


Finally a peek at my City & Guilds diploma work. This isn't a great photo but shows the midday and night time sky before I stitched applique cow parsley and sprouts over the top. I think you might get a better idea of all the stitching if you click onto the picture. Its nearly complete though - yipee!!


2 comments:

  1. fat snotty miserable friend2 December 2011 at 20:06

    well done you!!!!!
    like the look of that grey embroidered thingy, wish I could have been there

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  2. Lovely haul from the jumble sale! And fantastic stitching on the C&G work. I'm really pleased I clicked to see the larger one.

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