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Author Archives: Margaret Ford
More jewellery
There are only two sleeps to go before the Gifted event (https://www.facebook.com/openmindtextileworkshops) on Sunday and I’ve been trying to make some more jewellery pieces. Status report:
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Crochet beading
For the first time in my life I’m designing and making things to sell at the Gifted event organised by Elizabeth Morley on Sunday 22 November 2015. Here’s what I’ve finished off today. See https://www.facebook.com/openmindtextileworkshops for more on Gifted.
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Sun dyeing and rainwater
A couple of weekends ago I went to a WAFTA (wafta.com.au) organised visit to the Studio of textile artist and internationally recognised natural dye expert Trudi Pollard (Pollarddesigns.com) . Trudi showed us her naturally dyed fabrics, her fashion garments and … Continue reading
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Steaming with silver dollar leaves
This time last week I was at Julie’s with all the various dye pots still going and the steamer on. My mother had carefully dried the smallish silver dollar leaves from a bouquet I’d given her and … Continue reading
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The wonders of iron on the first day of Spring
On a visit to the Fremantle Arts Centre last Friday to see Unfolding: Contemporary Indian Textiles curated by Maggie Baxter, I parked on a side road. The street trees were eucalypts and some branches had fallen quite some time ago. … Continue reading
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More natural dyeing
Yesterday I went back to friend Julie’s dyeing pots. I took with me some pieces from our last session that were OK-ish but not very interesting. More on them later as they are still steaming! A fortnight ago I wrapped some … Continue reading
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Dyeing with Avocado Pips
Yesterday my friend Julie and I had a day of dyeing using all the onion skins, avocado skins and pips, ripe olives, puffballs, and Euc. wandoo bark and leaves we’d each collected. The day went so well we had a … Continue reading
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OMG! …or Celebration of Diversity
Those of you who sensed that being a husband and father had always been a struggle for ROLAND were correct. Last night I learned that a (metaphorical) sensational tsunami had hit his family. But first, recall that #1 son had … Continue reading
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Hats as Displacement Activities
I really WAS going to clean out that sewing room. Honestly! But then I found the half done crocheted hat. No pattern and not even a hook to give me any clues as to how to finish it. [Actually there … Continue reading
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ROLAND makes his mark
Of course a fortnight is a long time in a rainforest in Spring, but even so I am surprised at the fecundity of our leafette (late of New York) and her scabrous spouse. I’m guessing that ROLAND was overly affected … Continue reading
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