Marion at Beautiful Silks truly supplies beautiful and ethically sourced materials for textile artists, novice and experienced alike. This particular one is an organza silk mesh with cotton bobbles and was part of my purchase from Marion at Geelong Textile and Fibre Forum last time I...
I couldn’t resist the opportunity of snapping this nuno felt scarf at large in the flower border just outside mum’s apartment in Shankill, the colours compliment the planting perfectly! The vintage silk square belonged to my paternal grandmother and I used an uneven layer of...
Here's a simple merino and silk nuno felt scarf with one of my first ever soft and tactile wool bracelets. I have worn this piece of textile jewellery so many times over the years and think that it still looks as good as ever. If you'd...
I love how beautifully onion skins release their colour on protein based fabrics when eco printing in the dirty pot without traditional powered mordants. This does not mean that this 12.5 momme silk satin scarf isn’t washable or colourfast, it is. The colours achieved have a...
It’s endlessly fascinating how sustained temperature and length of processing time affects the final colours achieved when printing with eucalypts. Both the varieties I’ve used here (nichollii and gunni ‘Azura’) print hot red usually but with less processing and intermittent heat the reds are less...
Here is a photo of the second SUNrise pouch that I made during testing for Sarah last year. I choose to make this squishy version using the final remnants of Euca. parvifolia eco printed wool and Irish linen that I’d left over from another Sarah's bag,...
One of my favourite fabrics to work with is wool and it’s difficult to beat the drama of simple onion skins when it comes to reliable prints! I’ve a selection of comfortable, feather filled cushions on various chairs and couches at Clasheen, the covers are...
Last year, during Sew April 2021, one of the prompts was ‘knit fabric tops & tunics'. Here are a few pictures of my favourite ever knit tops. I’ve made multiple versions of each and love to wear them all! Three cheers for the Hug Hoodie...
Don’t the white linen fibres create a really interesting effect on the surface of this felt bag with integrated shoulder strap and flap? Eco printed using eucalyptus leaves from the trees outside the garden studio at Clasheen this effect is possible when working without traditional...
While you don't need a pot anything like as large as this 240 litre beauty, the bigger the better. Eco bundles are rolled very tightly so without any metal pipe at the core they will curl up and fit into most regular kitchen sized pots....