I'm home safely from the International Fungi and Fibre Symposium in Gran Canaria. It was an incredible experience—truly creative, inspiring and filled with new friendships! Over the week, I participated in 5 inspiring workshops, each offering new insights into natural dyeing and sustainable fibre arts....
Discover a simple but effective no-mess tip to help when preparing your own dye or tannin solutions! 😀 Click HERE or the image below to watch the video! ...
Did you know that wooden clothes pegs, aka pins make a very simple but effective resist when dyeing textiles? They pinch the fabric and prevent dye liquid penetrating through specific areas and because these old fashioned ones don’t have any metal springs, they are safe...
While I was in Australia recently I bought a gorgeous merino jumper (aka sweater) in a Red Cross shop in Sydney. It was printed in the dirty pot during the wonderful Geelong Textile & Fibre Forum using a selection of leaves from my class participants...
On Friday I felted a very simple pair of arm/wrist warmers then dyed them at the weekend, without using traditional powdered mordants. I love wearing arm warmers inside when the weather gets cold as warm wrists mean that I don’t need to light the wool fired...
Discover how to transform fabric, handmade felt and upcycled clothing using foraged vegetation without having to use powdered chemicals to fix the colour! As an experienced eco printer working in the 'dirty pot', my usual process involves wrapping fabric with leaves, bark or onion skins...
Hi everybody, this is Shauna posting today, Nicola's right hand woman. I am helping in the background - replying to your emails, checking the Facebook groups, monitoring the live streams, and much more! Are you following Nicola on Instagram? If not, you are missing out! It's where...