I just got back from a trip to California where I took a 3-day workshop with India Flint.
Magic, alchemy, fun and LOTS of information! I LOVED the workshop! I haven’t done a lot of dyeing before (though I also learned Bengala Dyeing this past summer) or stitching – so this was a whole new adventure.
We went exploring the streets and railway tracks of Loomis and found many treasures.
We rolled them up in cloth, put them into a dye pot…
added water and other materials, boiled it up and waited…
Then…..the magic! Opening the bundles to see what happened…
After 3 dyepots we had 9 squares of fabric that we stitched together…
Then cut!! Then stitched onto a backing and stitched some more….
I find myself now looking at leaves in a new way – their shapes, their colours and wondering what they may become in a dyepot.
I learned so much from India, including a different way at looking at things and thinking about things. Thank you!!
Terri
My website: www.saorisaltspring.com