yay, CHILLYSUMMER for you !

Although the temperatures are slowly but surely rising again (I think we'll be back to fully seasonal temps this weekend), I know it's been rather wet and chilly in other parts of this world.

(sneaky, I know, but sorry, sometimes I have no shame doing some self promotion ...) There are scarves in the shop, silk or cotton, all naturally dyed, and they are all on sale until Saturday midnight (Paris time). The photo below says it all ...

So silk scarves are U$ 34 instead of 40, the yellow cotton scarves are U$ 21.25 instead of 25, and the last cotton scarf (onion dyed) is U$ 17 instead of 20. (+ shipping fees) You can see more details in the shop directly : here.

Thanks for reading, everyone. May this post find you happy & healthy.

eucalyptus globulus & iron

I had already used eucalyptus globulus (blue gum) leaves in the past & was impatiently waiting to use them again. This year I used fabrics & materials mordanted with alum, as opposed to the soy milk I had used the previous time. I think I will try to mordant with soy milk again & dye with them again, since I also loved the result I had obtained back then. Maybe that's the soy milk that had made the difference. (who knows ?)

I used leaves from a tree of my parents' neighbours, who happily gave them to me. I modified  the dye with a bit of iron after the dyebath. (much less for silk & wool, though)

this last photo shows a silk scarf (with hand rolled hem),

available for purchase in the shop.

The tie-dyed pieces of cotton you can see on the photos will be pouches for wrapping naturally dyed items purchased from the shop. You can see the first ones I had made here, and some others here too.

If you want to see more details, click the photos, they will take you to Flickr.