Monday, September 6, 2010

birch bark and violas


rayon and silk velvet
silk and rayon and silk
ice flowers: violas, wrapped, in the sun and pickle vinegar, one week
sunday country road trip to the birch bark bookshop
monday: evidence
look up
and around
glad to know which tree this is!!!

16 comments:

  1. beautiful trees, scrumptious fabric...

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  2. beautiful colours, love the mottley look, is the birch bark going to be a dye stuff? i like how the birch bark matches the dog...k.

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  3. Yes, without a number on it we might not know what to call it, and that would be such a shame. Why on earth do they need to number a tree?

    Incredible colours in your fabric velma

    xt

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  4. the birch was on slu campus, so maybe it has some special college tree???

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  5. violas...how many did it take?

    that reminds me of a jumprope rhyme

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  6. I didn't get to the indigo this weekend (I keep reading different directions and getting befuddled), but I did freeze a handful of petunias and violas. That makes me want to jump right up and go do something with it....

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  7. everybody is dyeing. i feel left out.

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  8. join in. come up and we'll make dye!

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  9. ha! i have hooligans tomorrow! yikes!

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  10. for a tropical girl birches are the epitome of trees.
    i'm not dyeing :( come join me jude.

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  11. or neki come to the grest white north and dye away. only it's gold/green now.

    birches are elegant, even (or especially #7)

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  12. Can you dye cloth with birch bark?

    ~ Julie

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  13. you ca try, i'm guessing it's the regular old yellow/tan. anyone else? when i need bark dyes, i go for apple (yellow) or hemlock (rust). i usually use bark for paper or basketry.

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  14. love the colors and textures of your cloth and dyes and what can be found in nature all connected.

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