This time of year seems to be full of rediscovering. Plants pop up that I had forgotten. Spring cleaning leads to lost treasures seeing the light of day again. Insects* appear in the garden and for a few seconds I have to remind myself what they are called. So it […]
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A tie dye test piece
I had a few bottles of dye left over from last time we tie dyed fabric. It’s been four years. The dye comes in the form of powder, which you dissolve in water, before use. The instructions suggests that 45 minutes after being mixed, it starts to lose its intensity. […]
Read moreA Sunday Tie Dye
Take two bored children, one beautiful day and the shade of a tree, and you have the perfect recipe for a tie dye Sunday. Fabric twisted and dyed. Now wrapped up to set. No rights or wrongs. Just anticipation about how it will turn out. Memories made if nothing else. […]
Read moreWord of the Week: Logistics
(note to self: must find my sewing pattern for this blouse, to make another) I used to travel a lot with one of my early jobs. It meant days of living out of a suitcase and turning up at the railway stations. Checking myself that I didn’t go into automatic […]
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