Fifty shades of brown

Flowers and foliage used in eco - dyeing bundle.

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Un dyed wool fabric with foliage wrapped tightly and bound with string.

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Foliage wrapped inside a wool bundle and sandwiched between tin lids.

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The bundle is unwrapped.

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Further unwrapping revealing the patterns.

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I recently undertook an interesting workshop at Ruskin Mill Nailsworth with the eco - dyer India Flint. We collected found flowers and foliage, wrapped them in between layers of wool or silk and simmered in a natural dye bath of leaves ,bark foliage and tea bags.  The resulting cloth was stitched together to make a record of our collecting - a Wayfarer's cloth. The resulting shades of brown, purple, soft maroons and interesting patterns reminded me of the subtle colours of moth wings.
I stitched my cloth with a flurry of moths.

We added a tiny paper and fabric book.

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Moth stitching detail

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Moth detail.

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Completed Wayfaring cloth, Fifty Shades of Brown.

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