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Yarn Dyeing: Buyer Beware

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Margaret Ford

Last weekend I went to a fibre fair in a rural town.  Although i love dyeing my own yarns, especially with plants, I couldn’t resist buying some skeins of 70:30 merino:silk yarn dyed by hand by the seller with  what … Continue reading →

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Dyeing vintage silks

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Margaret Ford

It has been so long since I blogged that I feel I need to do a “bridging” story.  That is, something that connects  my last post on my work in Stitched and Bound (see some photos at https://waquilters.com/2017/07/21/stitched-and-bound-2/) and my recent … Continue reading →

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Natural dyeing with local material

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Margaret Ford

In her book Eco Colour, India Flint argues for collecting only fallen plant material for dyeing and using local plants as a record of “place”. On my walk today in the local wetland and riverside park  I picked up a … Continue reading →

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Beanie

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Margaret Ford

I’m going to Canberra in July for the graduation of my sister.  She will be conferred with a PhD from The Australia National University on 13 July. It will be very cold in Canberra in July. This is a beanie … Continue reading →

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Textile Tour of India :Tuesday 9 Feb 2016

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Margaret Ford

On coming back from breakfast in the hotel dining room I travelled in the lift with two people who didn’t look like locals. Just as I was wondering if it would be too rude to ask them what they were … Continue reading →

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Sun dyeing and rainwater

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Margaret Ford

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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More natural dyeing

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Margaret Ford

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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More Timor Yarns

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Margaret Ford

Recently  I published a picture of small balls of cotton which had been dyed with plant material in a village in the north of West Timor. Here it is again: Yesterday I used a WAFTA studio day at Craft House, … Continue reading →

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Leafy Birth Notice

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Margaret Ford

I wanted my leaves to be a metaphor for people.  However, they mistook themselves for rabbits and are now the proud parents of three offspring. The first (above) is a boy (he’s crocheted).  He is a real chip off the … Continue reading →

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Going Live!

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Margaret Ford

Well, we’ve had our opening and it went well.  No need to duplicate here as it’s all on http://www.meldarts.com.au. Our work is on show right now.  Until Saturday 1 November. We are (or at least, I am) pleasantly surprised at … Continue reading →

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