I dyed some silk gauze with onion skins and love the way it turned out but was not happy with the way it looked over the orange cloth I was trying to tone down. So I decided to break up the orange cloth into smaller blocks and took one of the blocks and dropped it into the onion skin bath. Well, I like the way it turned out so I think I will continue doing that with the rest of that cloth.
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| the onion skin dye has toned down the color |
I also found a couple of other things I might be adding to this 'magic diaries' cloth that I'm working on through
Jude's workshop. Just couldn't pass up the thrift shop this week. I think the two pieces I found will fit into this cloth somewhere.
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| silk gauze dyed in onion skin and 2 thrift shop finds |
Also did some weaving on the goat piece and made the whole piece a bit smaller.
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| did some weaving on the left side |
On a completely different topic, I decided to try and do some writing of words using the sewing machine. I've been practicing in my head for a couple of weeks. I tend to do that when I want to try something new. It seems to help me to get a better start. I think I did pretty well for the first try. All was done free form except for the bottom right where I wrote out the quote in pencil and stitched over the lines. This was done on a sandwich of 2 pieces of cotton with flannel in between. Next I will try it with just the 2 layers of cotton---and maybe in a hoop for easier maneuverability.
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| practicing free motion writing on the sewing machine |
So things are moving along now and the magic cloth is in its early stages. At least I now feel like I know in which direction I am going.
