The ever awesome web designer Mary is getting married next month!! She asked me to create a custom color palette of light silver and light peach, and then dye 7 silk charmeuse stoles for her bridesmaids and mothers, plus some silver silk ribbon to wrap around the bouquets. Here’s one of the stoles, they all… Continue Reading
Here’s a scarf I just dyed for a customer who wanted many shades of red all together on silk charmeuse: I just love how all the colors separated in this area: When she came to pick it up, my customer was quite pleased with it, hooray! Continue Reading
One of the things I was able to get to on my to do list was more Shibori Indigo Dyed Scarves. I use a lovely scarf blank that is generously sized (17″ x 80″) and made from a light fabric that’s 70% cotton and 30% silk. The overall feel is that of a light cotton,… Continue Reading
Way back before Christmas I had a giveaway and asked people which hand dyed silk scarf palette they preferred – or was there a color combination they thought was missing. Well, the winner had an idea for a color palette I wanted to try out, and so after 2 days of awesome dyeing weather, I’ve… Continue Reading
I’ve got a couple snapshots of 2 women who snagged up an indigo dyed scarf last week, don’t they look fabulous? Mary and I are THIS CLOSE to getting the online shop launched, there are lots of indigo scarves in there, I’m hoping so online fans will want one! Continue Reading
The customer who asked me to dye a “shades of grey” habotai stole asked my to dye 2 more tonal variations scarves: I also dyed a smaller silk charmeuse blank (11″ x 60″) than I normally use for a customer who wanted to make sure the scarf was small enough for her petite Mom in… Continue Reading
I got an email from a customer a couple weeks ago, she liked my Moonlit Moth scarf: but wanted one with no lilac in it. Easy enough…but while mixing up the dyes, I wondered what would happen if I used dilutions of Silk Black dye, instead of the Nickel that I normally use…so I tried… Continue Reading
My friend Catherine has a family event to go to, one that she was a bit stressed over, and she really wanted to look her best. Seeing my hand dyed silk capes in person at a show I did a couple of weeks ago, she asked if she could bring her dress over and see… Continue Reading