10 October 2013

The best kind of days

The best way to spend a couple of days with a friend? Well, yes, I'm sure you guessed it: Grabbing a basket, donning rubber boots & woolen hats, going to our local 'wilderness', wandering, talking, laughing, gathering leaves, wrapping leaves in cloth ...













That's simply the very best of days!
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15 comments:

  1. india flint11 October 2013 at 16:23

    strikes me as a well-spent day too!

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  2. Sonia / COZY MEMORIES11 October 2013 at 21:29

    I simply couldn't chose a favorite, they are all totally amazing ! I'm speechless !! ox

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  3. Marchi Wierson12 October 2013 at 01:39

    wow mona! I love your blog and your work. thank you for sharing!!!

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  4. Anonymous16 October 2013 at 03:04

    How glorious, and what a lovely day!

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  5. Reifyn26 October 2013 at 01:58

    How is this done? Did you soak the leaves in something first? It looks like those clothes got permanently dyed by the process.

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    1. Mona27 October 2013 at 09:59

      No soaking, we just placed the leaves on the fabric right away. And it's permanent :)

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    2. Reifyn27 October 2013 at 22:49

      That's amazing—I'll try it.

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  6. Beetlebirdhare27 October 2013 at 08:46

    Wow! beautiful : )

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  7. ellen1 November 2013 at 23:16

    Oh, my goodness...how beautiful. I would love to try this.

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    1. Mona20 November 2013 at 20:50

      Ellen , you should try it. I'm sure you'd love it - and you got SO many leaves just begging for it!!

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  8. rebecca20 November 2013 at 12:12

    Did you pre mordant ?

    Rebecca

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    1. Mona20 November 2013 at 20:48

      Hi Rebecca
      I don't really recall excactly what we did. But I suppose we simmered for an hour or so, probably with a tablespoon of alum and one of cream of tartar - and let it rest in the pot to the following day ... I don't use much, and only the forementioned mordants.

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  9. kathyinozarks6 February 2015 at 19:40

    these lovelies have gotten me wanting to try this again-do you use a mordant first before imprinting and if so what do you use? on wool-cotton-silks thanks Mona

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    1. Mona6 February 2015 at 21:48

      These garments were mostly silk and wool, and a single linen/viscose, and mordanted as you can see in my reply above. For cotton and linen I use alum and washing soda, two teaspoons of alum and one teaspoon of washingsoda for 500 g of cloth.

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  10. Pilar Gonzalez2 April 2019 at 14:25

    Hola me parece georgeus ..bellisimo tu trabajo...no hablo ingles...tambien pinto seda y estoy aprendiendo ecoprint...me fascinan esos colores ..de la naturaleza..Creo que twnemos muchas cosas en comun tambien hago crochet..pinyo oleo..escribo..en fin adoro la vida..
    Me gustaria que me hablaras de los tintes de algunas plantas...eucalipto..y esa que tiñe en malva....
    Un fuerte abrazo desde Canarias..

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