because of many days like this
i forgot. because of no time of a certain kind, i'd dropped some of the thrift shop stuff into the close to completely evaporated indigo vat. stuff that i would never use in it's original color, but the linen and cotton too good to pass up
Lo and Behold
if you leave it in there long enough, it actually removes existing dye in some cases. the nature of the beast.
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how long will child be with you?
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Sunday, i think.
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yes…i think this happened. will wash and look closely.
i love the natures of beasts.
that pink, oh lordy, goodby pink.
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Earthy transformations… good. Love the small fingers and toes.
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oh! soon….
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Love those little hands and feet.
and I was going to say earthy too. The pink now so natural – and lovable.
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LO and behold is right!!! Good glory what a difference, wouldn’t even recognize them as the same! I just love the white lines of his inner elbow. My boy used to tan up like this. My friend called him ‘brown bear’ before the book of same name was even popular. I hope this time will forever stay with you both. SO precious.
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Mark makers – great grandson in sand, ole Nana with Indigo. Indigo is magic and seems to want to give color, every way it can. I’ve never made a vat, don’t know all that much about indigo but as you know, I did plant the seeds that you sent. In June, I had to go to CA for two months and didn’t think hubby would remember to water the plant so I transplanted it into a large pot and put it where he would see it… When I got back, the plant had grown huge and was beginning to wilt due to the extreme heat here in the South. I noticed lots of blue spots on the leaves and from the scant research that I had done, I knew that it meant color. Stripped all of the leaves, and tried to make a vat but it just didn’t work since I didn’t have the right materials. Not wanting to throw it all out, I took the wet leaves and bundled them up in a cloth and placed the bundle in a glass jar. Left the jar outside for a few days and was thrilled when blue color began to appear. Unbundling, I found unexpected markings, bits and lines of indigo, strong in some places, faint in others, all from just bundling. Since the cloth I bundled had lace butterfly appliques, the markings seemed to be just right for the cloth.
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you are truly magical: first time ever I see such a pink indigo!!
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Oh those little hands making their mark!
And the indigo treatment turning mundane to magnificent!
Pink and blue make brown, and the variations are so much fuel for w/winter stitches too. But above it all, that sky, that bluer than blue, blue sky!!!
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Hey Grace, just want to reach out and touch those little hands and feet! My nephew has been transferred back to a hospital near home; still having problems but to be expected with major brain injury. It will be a while before they know what will come back and what will not, his wife is wonderful with him and I can only thank the Universe that he has such a person who will be there no matter what. Anyway I hope tp now get down to Spirit Diairies and visiting you regularly again. So lucky to have Julian with you for this time, he will always remember it.
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wow, a total transformation of cloth. Love it.
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yes, when daughter saw them hanging there she commented
that everything eventually becomes the same here.
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the pink…from a linen shirt. pink and i are NOT
friends, but now….and odd, when it’s hanging in a
certain light, there is an amber spot. ???
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he’s one of the Lucky Ones….a constant state of brown.
interesting that he doesn’t tan darker…the
only difference his mama will notice is that his hair
is Rasta~ing up from lack of tending.
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i am still sending you some of the indigo powder etc for
the 123 vat. still still still.
your markings are always Just Right. and get only more
so as time goes on
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oh, hello, carine…
i am wanting to do more overdyeing…really, all my
cloth i have to work with is from the thrift shop and
often isn’t my preference of color. this makes so much
possible
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yes..it’s a Sky Blue sky
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yes. he will remember and that’s the best part.
my hope for you and your family during this time….
xoxo
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yes!….the pink was just such a happiness to see…
i’ve stuck some in the elderberry leaves and aluminum
pot. we’ll see what happens there………….
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Precious gift, many thanks for indigo powder. Will probably wait to use until spring when weather is warmer, not sure if a vat can get started now even though i am in the South. First frost day should come at the end of the month. First frost night is this coming Sunday. Today, on a stroll down the lane collecting leaves, spotted small walnut windfall; leaves pressed into book for later use, walnuts soaking in my little cauldron that is sitting out on the back stoop. Can never get enough brown this time of year, hickory nuts, acorns, oak leaves, pine needles, tea bags, anything I can get my hands on…
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the magic of forgetting.
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i think i need to remember to forget things more often 🙂
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Your personal color palette. It’s how I know your work.
Seeing this makes me want to try dyeing again.
Beautiful…
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I also work with old cloth, second hand, sometimes found in the street. I like the idea of giving it a second brand new life as if they were starting a new history. have you tried undeying first?
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undyeing….no, ????, do you bleach it?? what?
sometimes i can get good fade if i leave it on the
clothesline forever…but Wind makes that an issue some
times…
You don’t have a blog?
would you send me an email pic? grace.porvida@gmail.com
and have you been looking at Wendy’s blog
grace and mending .. in jude’s list? she works with
street cloth?
looking forward to hear
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i am going to try to do it more often
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Yes!, me too
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i would very much look forward to seeing it if you did…
i love what you’re doing now with shadow
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ho! beauty on the line! In my indigo vat recipe (from Glennis and I understand it’s from Dharma Trading), there is thiox, which is sold as ‘color remover’. some of my favorite experiments this summer have been with commercially printed cloth where the thiox stripped out some of the color. I’ll admit, I used the natural crystals for vat one and for vat two, the pre-reduced.
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