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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  1. strikes me as a well-spent day too!

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

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

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  4. How glorious, and what a lovely day!

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

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    2. That's amazing—I'll try it.

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

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    1. 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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  7. Did you pre mordant ?

    Rebecca

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    1. 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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  8. 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. 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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  9. 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 tiƱe en malva....
    Un fuerte abrazo desde Canarias..

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