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As a total beginner I tried my hands on black walnut since the ground where we are is covered with them. I used three pieces of different cotton but with the wrong sort of mordant (I used cream of tartar with alum and salt/vinegar. Go to this page to have the correct step-by-step process). After several trials and a second dye bath with much more black walnuts than the first dye bath, the effect on the hemp/cotton piece of fabric became marvelous.
Pouch Leah & Judah is mildly coloured although I used black walnut.
I used a lot of black walnuts, and since I didn’t know what to use exactly, I had the pot filled to the brim with both peels and the cracked nuts.
I used the decaying black walnuts in early winter.
A pillow filled with dried cleaver was dyed with black walnut (sold).
Summer Update
With two new creations in the shop one can see that I have shifted my attention: much more detailed embroidery. I have gone away from the simple patterns and instead started to draw designs that are more time consuming. It fits well with the journeys I am on, the longer the journey, the more intricate…
Update
Dear readers of this creative (ad)venture, A few new posts on both my weblogs have been published but not wanting to have your inbox being notified, I thought it a good time to send one now. I won’t publish any time soon, as we are off for a cycling tour. Summer coming up I thought…
Ted & Tina
Another new pouch, embroidered in phulkari stitch from North India, or… how I interpret this stitch. Dyed with mulberry from the forest and grapes from our own garden. The grape juice was used to make vinegar. It looks not very appetizing, but the result is already finished. The fabric was first treated with oak galls.…
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