purples

I picked this beautiful bouquet from my garden last Saturday, perfect for photographing purples.

I am in pursuit of the perfect purple, which is hard to reproduce.

 These items are in my West Branch shop, and the pillows are also in my  online store.

poppy pillows

I am finally getting some pillows in the store!  More to come.
Most of my pillows will be cotton, but I have had several big square silk scarves previously printed, and no one wears big square scarves right now, so I am cutting them up.

indigo

2 cotton scarves

                                       I am experimenting with indigo.

scarf detail

various blues possible with successive dips

binding 

When dyeing indigo in a cold rain I think about Japan.

one of a kind length

This is the fabric I showed you here
I may list it on on my etsy store in the near future.  It will be my most expensive fabric yet!
It is in my West Branch store on Saturday's 11-4.

spring runners

runner or curtain or wall hanging here

I finally got these runners listed on etsy

runner or dresser scarf or wall hanging here

first flower

an oldie

my first flower this spring

but most of my world still looks like this

luckily I like bark

leaf dress

This wonderful dress/top/jacket found a home today.
Thanks Jane!      

It is silk chiffon, which I have dyed and printed.  The pattern was adapted from a 1980 or so disco dress.
It's sort of like a leaf.                                                                            

pieces from pieces

Back when I used to make clothing, I did a series of garments made from old quilt blocks which I pieced, printed, dyed and quilted.

flowers on silk