Monday - God Of The Edges Takes A Bubble Bath

Screen-print on Oakshott Fabrics Longshott woven stripe, and bubbly stitches.. Actually unconnected with today's work apart from the conversation with Michael from Oakshotts about our Dutch trip in May..
And another in my Accidental Faces series

Little rusty piece from the car-park of the Ferry..

Sunday, back ache and crumpled stitches

Sunflower
Crinkled cotton fabric; buttons and beads; vintage printed skirt fabric; dye; hand- and machine-stitches.
Back-ache? Too much driving...

Everything synthesises eventually

Accidental face from this dye lot, and most of the fabrics ironed and on the table.  One lot (left in the picture) came out horrible because the description in the shop (100% cotton, I think not..) was wrong.. And the pieces had big scabby holes in too.. I wouldn't mind so much if the stuff hadn't gone up 50% in price too...
The scrumpled bits are a beautiful crimpled cheesecloth-type stuff which I shall use as part of the supplies for my Sheer Delight class on Tuesday next week..

Washing Line

Part the first.. Reds, purples, darks, and blues to come

And the next Accidental Face

Well, while I was out..

I left some dyebaths on the table, and pulled the drop cloth up over the trays to keep the public out and the wet in..Here are the trays

I have made rainbows on a variety of fabrics, then laid treated (with soda ash) fabrics on top to absorb another part of the dyes. Then I put these under the edge of the drop cloth

And went off to teach Trees all day in Suffolk.  Nice class, nice Trees, lovely hall.. Nice lunch.. What more can one ask for..
I am really going to enjoy washing these out tomorrow..
More images when done

The drop cloths are 100% cotton sheets, treated with soda ash and dried, then laid on the big table whenever I do anything the least bit messy.  When the white sheet is (almost) no longer visible, I wash out the cloth and use the fabric.  So far I have made one every two years and they are fantastic.  Here's a quilt I made with one piece, screen-printed and stitched on top of the accidental marks

It's about 3 feet wide and is very simply quilted, mostly irregular lines from top to bottom, with a hand-embroidered sun

Time for bed..