Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Wheat Stitching and Solar Dyeing

 As harvest nears on the prairies I've been stitching wheat lately.  For these wheat kernels I fused a few of layers of organza together and stitched them down on dyed and stamped fabric to make a fabric postcard.
 I recycled a granola bar wrapper to make these wheat kernels and again stitched them down on dyed and stamped fabric for another fabric postcard.
 Playing with organza, I fused snippets of pieces down onto black felt and then stitched a row of wheat using the wheat ear stitch.
 Lazy daisy stitches for the kernels which I made into an atc. 
I should have started this in July but here I'm trying my hand at some solar dyeing.  I mixed a 1/4 tsp of alum and an 1/8 tsp into this gallon jar which I 1/2 filled with warm water.  I added a piece of ready to dye cotton and some white DMC thread and filled the jar with wild goldenrod flowers.  I then topped it off with some more water.  I'm stirring it every day and will see what happens after 10 days.  It rained for a couple of days and it's been cool so I might have to wait longer than 10.
I also started a jar using marigold flowers
and a jar with dahlia flowers.  Both have a piece of white cotton fabric and white thread.  Just have to wait and see what happens now.

Have a lovely day everyone :)

23 comments:

  1. Beautiful stitching and wonderful techniques !! I love the one with granola bar wrap

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  2. You really do push the boundary's it is so interesting. Lovely stitching of the wheat.

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  3. These are all really interesting. I love the variation in effect. Very interested in how the dyeing comes out.

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  4. Love your dying experiments with plant materials! Hope they turn out just as you suspect.

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  5. Love your dying experiments with plant materials! Hope they turn out just as you suspect/love!

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  6. 4 very nice wheat stitching samples., the larger one is so colourful and the granola wrapping has worked very well on the second one
    Trust the sun has come out again and the fabrics work, not seen dyeing done like this before so look forward to seeing the results.

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  7. Love your dying experiments with plant materials! Hope they turn out just as you suspect/love!

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  8. Beautiful and original creations !
    Have a great day !
    Anna

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  9. Wow! These are wonderful! Fabulous xx

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  10. Lovely work as always:) I'm interested to see what happens with the marigolds. We have tons of them this year. I also have false indigo. I must Google to see if you can use it for dying too.

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  11. Oh my gosh Jenny! I adore your wheat fields! I love the colours of fabric you used for them. Solar dyeing I've never heard of but it sounds amazing. I can't wait to see the results of your flower potions!!

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  12. Will be interested to see what happens with your dyeing experiments, and seeing all the variations of wheat is fun!

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  13. What a lovely collection of work with wheat. I love them all, nice to see it worked in a variety of ways and all working well. I love the sky in the larger piece too. Your jars look gorgeous as they are! xx

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  14. A lovely collection of wheat pictures, the wall hanging using wheat ear stitch is stunning, how you have created the effect is brilliant, what a talent you have!

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  15. Beautiful! I hope your dyes turn out.

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  16. Lindos, lindos seus cartões! Estou encantada!
    Eu tomei a liberdade de publicar a foto de um deles no FB da minha oficina. Coloquei os créditos. ( www.facebook.com/jeitomineirobordados ).
    Muito interessante a técnica de tingimento. Obrigada por compartilhar!
    Um abraço e parabéns!

    Beautiful, beautiful your cards! I am delighted!
    I took the liberty of posting a photo of one of my shop on FB. I put the credits. (www.facebook.com/jeitomineirobordados).
    Very interesting dyeing technique. Thanks for sharing!
    Hugs and congratulations!

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  17. Lovely work , I will be following you to see more of your wonderful creations .

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  18. Harvest and Fall do seem to be close by. Your wheat themed stitcheries are wonderful. I adore how you even used the granola bar wrapper. Solar dyeing looks very interesting. It should work quite well and the colors will be stunning for Fall. Creative Bliss Dear...

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  19. I can't wait to see the results of your solar dyeing. It's a technique I'm not familiar with but very intrigued by. There is always beauty in the simple things and you've proven that with wheat. Your work is extraordinary.

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  20. Your postcards are beautiful. You make very interesting experiments of dying.

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  21. Amazing, I adore your postcards! Love the vibrant variations of color!

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  22. Lovely postcards.The organza art work has come out so well :) am always fascinated by natural dyeing process and looking forward to see the results of your experiments.

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  23. Love the wheat stitching especially the small square piece! More mentions of granola wrappers....

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