I finally finished this hat that I started maybe a year ago. AND I am happy with the way it came out!
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 The feathers are from my buttercup rooster who happens to be molting. I risked being pecked to gather them from the pen he has been incarcerated in. The black ones have a green iridescence. (I washed them before I sewed them on!) I used my jelly rolls to make some hair clips for the booth.  And I rinsed, pressed, and photographed some of the silk scarves that I dyed (wash fast acid dyes). I was going to use them for felting but I liked them too much as is. Maybe they will sell. (An added stress factor is that I have been over spending and really need to make some money!)  I had a lot of fun taking photos of the scarves dancing in the wind.     I also finished this bag. It is a 'green' bag; undyed, locally sourced wool, some of which was raised right here in town.   And though I told myself I needed to hold off on the natural dyeing I must confess that I did do some and in fact have a pot going right now. I decided that could be cooking while I am rolling the four felt scarves I laid out yesterday :)  These are my eco-print experiments overdyed in a pot with the berberis thunbergii I got from the local convenience store.  I made this piece with a fun piece of metal here that I think will see a lot more use.   This chocolate silk piece was in the same iron pot. I also had partial success with using my metal roosters as a resist as they are exact mirror images.  Not crazy about the colors I got (this was an overdye) but I can see the roosters do have potential.  Lunch break is over now so back to work... |
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