maandag 6 mei 2013

a dye day and felt-exchange day

We have some lovely Spring weather 
the garden looks stunning : 
after the dull wintertime
the earth has turned green all over.
The different flowerbulbs give us lots of colour
and the Forget-me-nots are filling up the rest.
I looove when the Malus is in bloom


Yesterday I started brewing a pot with onion skins
with a strip of thin cotton cloth (IKEA curtain)
and put some fresh red Maple leaves 
and leaves of the New Dawn Rose
in between the layers
This morning I opened the package 


Aaaaaah : só promising when still wet ...
and I immediately rolled another one and added some new onion skins

So sorry that the Maple leaves almost disappeared
just some vague bluish colour ...

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Then it really was about time 
to start my (April !) felting-exchange piece !

(something funny happening with the making-of pics so only this finished one)

The theme was "spirals"
(and I used the requested colours)

When it's dry it will come your way Judith !





7 opmerkingen:

  1. Love the felt piece...love everything you're doing!

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  2. well, the leaves left an imprint which is nice. sometimes if you leave the bundle wrapped for weeks, you might get different results. i've never used maple leaves but i get good results with oak leaves. love the 3D felt.

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  3. The dyed result is gorgeous Els. The New Dawn rose left beautiful prints. Your felt flower is gorgeous too - Hugs Nat

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  4. DELICIOUS saturated colours on the felt, Els. Mmmmmmm!

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  5. The dyeing is lovely and oh the felted piece!

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  6. Oh Els, die Färbungen sind große Klasse! Da bin ich direkt wieder versucht, es auch noch einmal zu probieren!
    Letztes Jahr habe ich es auf Vorfilz versucht- das ging leider nicht so gut!
    Viele liebe Grüße
    Gabi

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