A field of flowers! Does anyone recognize these? I’ve seen them growing in our neighbors yard and they get mowed every year! . . . . #flowers #orange #summer #adirondacks #wildflowers #summer2021
Details of roses on silk before the washing process! I’m happy to be back and working with flowers again. . . . . . . . #roses #tuesdayvibes #purple #naturaldye #naturaldyes #bundledye #bundledyeing #bundledyeingwithflowers #flowers #fibera
Sorry I’ve been gone for so long!!! It has been a very busy couple of weeks. Luckily, I was able to spend some quality time with my sister. She’ll be joining me in the fall and with that being said there will be a lot more sister art con
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I have been working on some scarves for family and friends. I have been playing around with dyes I have bought and flowers I have found. I dyed this silk with cochineal bugs and ground marigold flowers
Like I said before some days you end up with a fail but others you end up with colors and texture that you can not take your eyes off of. I was never big into silk mainly because of the price but I’ve recently been playing with it and have com
Birch Bark This past summer I spent a lot of time up in the Adirondacks. I had heard that you could dye with birch, preferably their leaves but I decided to dye with bark (there has been some success in the past for others). I collected a ton of bark
Sometimes the before wash pictures are the best! I hope that the reels I have made have been helpful in showing the process of eco-printing. It’s a long and tedious process and much of the time is spent working on flowers that may never leave t
I’ve been experimenting a lot this week! I even made a reel! Most days I feel as though I haven’t done a single thing... Sometimes I haven’t but usually when I look back I find that my time has been dispersed over many projects. I
🌸Cherry blossoms & Bees🐝 #cherryblossoms #bumblebees #spring #springiscoming
Spring is here! It is definitely my favorite season minus the allergies... #spring #springiscoming #magnolias #pink
Detail of the logwood quilt... silk screen printed mordants 74” x 74” @eb_prints . . . . . #fiberart #quilting #cottonfabric #quarintinelife #memories #purple #naturaldye #athomeprojects #textileart #textile #artwork
Happy Sunday Y’all!! Here’s a detail of the logwood quilt @eb_prints and I made last spring. As we move into warmer weather, at least here in the south, I hope to share new projects and color! . . . . . #fiberart #quilting #textiledes
Logwood & Indigo A naturally dyed quilt collaboration with @eb_prints. This quilt was dyed and eco printed with logwood chips and indigo. The girl was screen-printed with mordants and dyed in logwood. We finished this piece almost a year ago d
Indigo! I loved working with the beautiful deep blues that came from this dye! Here is a detail and some in progress shots from the back of the quilt. The center square was eco-printed with marigold petals and then over dyed in indigo using the itaji
Detail of the eco-print quilt! Orange cosmos & marigolds... it’s amazing to see what flowers and plants can do! #fiberartistofinstagram #cosmosflower #marigoldflowers #quiltingfun
This was the first quilt and the first eco-printed project I made in college. I couldn’t fit the entire quilt but I will be sharing details later on. Each section of fabric was dyed with flowers. The top section was dyed with yellow and red oni
Century House ll... Here is the final piece! She still needs a bit of a trim. @eb_prints had a vision and I was lucky enough to help her with it! The first collab. of 2021 #fiberartstudio #handtuftedrugs #girl&rockingchair
Here’s a few pictures of the front and back of the piece with a quick video at the end! Today I will start the process of finishing the back of the rug... #tufttheworld #fibers #artfibers #rugs #tuftedrugs
First piece and collaboration of 2021 complete! @eb_prints & I gave ourselves about a week to complete it and luckily we were able to finish it! Here are some in progress photos. If y’all were following our stories then you know how the fin
Part two of working with scraps. I love the rich purple colors of logwood against these two warps... found silk blend fabric and yarn dyed in logwood chips... #fiberartstudio #naturalfibers #naturaldyestudio