Flat crepe silk scarf with rhubarb, madder, indigo, cotinus coggygria, coreopsis, itajime

Summer has flown by and though I have neglected to post here recently I have been collecting plant material for dye vats and contact prints, scouring and mordanting )mostly silk), starting and reviving indigo vats, dye baths and bundling, stitching and clamping shibori resists, stitching rolled hems, photo record keeping (trying to keep up), and then selling much of what comes out of all this activity at my local village market.

Here are some of the results of my summer:

Flat crepe silk scarf with madder, black tea, cotinus coggygria, coreopsis

Silk crepe with madder, rhubarb, cotinus coggygria, coreopsis, itajime

Silk charmeuse with rhubarb, madder, indigo, cotinus coggygria, cutch, coreopsis, itajime ( the colours and textures in this one remind of the paintings of Paul Klee)

Flat crepe with onion skins and coreopsis

Crepe de Chine with rhubarb, madder, indigo, cotinus coggygria, coreopsis, itajime

Silk charmeuse with cotinus coggygria, coreopsis, cutch and black tea

Crepe de Chine with onion skins, coreopsis, cotinus coggygria and rose leaves

Crepe de Chine silk shawl, double sided with ruffle – St JohnsWort, goldenrod, indigo, maple leaves, cotinus coggygria, coreopsis, itajime