Indigo and rust dyed fabric

"Hand dyed tea mat Tea table runner Chabu for gongfu cha Ceremonial cloth Alter cover This tablecloth is a great gift idea for tea lovers ONLY ONE MADE! 100% Linen naturally hand dyed and printed with plants and flowers Tea mat / Alter cover Length: 25\" (64 cm) Width: 11\" (28 cm) This tea ceremony runner is a gift from nature. I took antique hand-woven linen and dyed it with the real plants. Natural leaf prints are obtained using a special technology. This piece is one of a kind, be sure…

2017 Topic 16: Rustification Hello everyone, it's Leandra here with you tonight, before we launch into the new topic, which I sense you are all going to LOVE! Let's see who won the last challenge for the Pearlescent topic! The winner is: Craftyfield from Crafty Endeavours She got on a bit of a roll with challenge entries over the last 2 weeks, and even snuck an entry in at the 11th hour of the challenge deadline! The random number fell on her black and white entry, but all of them were quite…

We searched high and low to find the most amazing rusty nail repurpose ideas and tutorials for you. Don’t throw them away until you’ve seen what you can do.

Thursday afternoon I re-opened the t-shirt bundle and hung it outside to dry. The combination of vinegar and sun turned the rusted areas more brownish than orange which I found very appealing. Kinda wish I could have stopped there and worn the shirt, but the heavier rusted areas were a bit stiff and there was a slight aroma of vinegar still wafting from it. So into the washer it went. I wore it today when we ventured into New York city to take the girls to see dinosaur bones at the American…

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laid on an old rusty chair base blogged about HERE

RUSTY VESSELS WITH PAM NICHOLS AND SHANNON WEBER

Rust dyeing again.

Rusty Vessels with Pam Nichols and Shannon Weber

Carol here, back after falling down the winter's rabbit hole. I've been working on a few new things but mostly resting up, reading and drinking hot tea (and coffee). One of the things that I do in the warmer weather is to rust fabric and different fibers so that I have plenty to play with in the cooler months. I've been playing around with creating collages out of bits and pieces of rusted and naturally dyed fabric. I do a compulsive amount of hand stitching on them in the evening when my…