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| plumeria leaves in silk pounded to make good contact bundled and steamed |
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| plumeria leaf prints |
I was not happy with the leaf prints I did the other day---so I tea dyed them this morning and I love the way they turned out--sort of a caramel color.
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| before tea dyeing |
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| after tea dyeing. |
16 comments:
Deanna, they turned out very well. I missed the pounding step on mine. Mine turned out okay as well, but it was too dark to take photo when I got home yesterday. Will do that soon - Hugs Nat
I love the effect from the tea dyeing...especially that last one...stormy colours.
Jacky xox
Oh, yes, the caramel leaves are yummy.
Hadn't thought of pounding and then steaming, the plumeria leaves came out beautifully.
they're very delicate prints. i'm wondering whether you're tying them up tight enough?
i wrap a piece of cotton over the silk for bulk, then use small rubberbands which i put on as tight as possible, till they hurt my arthritic finger tips, and several r. bands too, about 5 on each bundle. then i tie it up with string to make sure. also i drip hot water over the bundle from the saucepan lid.
While I thought the original green leaved steamed cloth was lovely, dyed in tea, it takes on a whole other dimension, becomes a richer looking cloth. Tea is one of my favorite go to dyes, especially when I am less than thrilled with my results.
Hubby has a plumeria plant that we brought with us from Texas. It's his baby and woe to me if I take a green leaf. So I picked up some of the yellow leaves that had fallen on the porch, steamed them in a bundle and was surprised to see the imprint become even stronger after it had dried a few days later. Usually, it fades. I like your plumeria imprint Deanna; offset wonderfully by the autumnal colors in the silk cloth. Did you dye the silk?
thanks for all your comments and suggestions. looking forward to getting better at this as time goes on.
haven't been surfing the net much but i see you have been really busy here! wow!
i'll be even busier once i receive india's book which is on the way. thanks for visiting my blog.
Hi Deanna - I love visiting here. I like the tea dyed leaves too. I also like (to bits!) the bobbin bag on a previous post. When I was a kid I would have had a little collection of things to put in there and I would have emptied and re-filled it over and over again. Feeling it when full and straightening it out to admire it empty. It is a beauty. G
i've been doing just that, gilly, trying to decide what to keep in there (the bobbin bag).
the tea dyed leaf prints are a lovely next step after the initial printing, how good that they held their print. i've learnt something here, thanks for that...k.
i didn't know what a plumeria was until i googled it just now, we call it a frangipani, how wonderful. when we lived by the coast 12 years ago we had about a dozen and many different coloured blooms too, they were my Mum's pride and joy. thanks for the memory...k.
Did you use a weight for pounding? I've been thinking about finding a mallet. Fun!
yes, deb. it's a 5 lb weight and it's perfect for pounding.
Now that is a great idea Deanna, using a hand weight. Mine are curved so not sure how effectively I could get an imprint but I am going to try as it sure beats using an old hammer.
I liked them green, too - but there certainly is an extra dimension now, as Marti said (black tea is always a good idea, anyways, couldn´t live without it...)
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