This is the calladium leaf trimmed and stitched to a backing piece of cotton (dyed by my sister, Dorothy). This was just to see if I could. It seems okay.
I have designed, using Photoshop, a pattern of calladium leaves, to use in Mola work on a gilet. And I have dyed some pieces of silk velvet in what I hope are suitable colours.There will be three leaves in a vertical row on the fronts, mirror images but done in different fabrics. And one large leaf on the back
This is a silk scarf where I dyed the solid yellow background and Michael did the pleating, tying on a plastic pipe and applying the dye. It has come out well although I have to admit I do not like the colours at all!!!
What I have been doing is tying on hundreds of threads to the ghost warp and then winding the new warp on to the Warp beam of the Megado. I was a bit shocked by the colours. There is far too much eau-de-nil., about 16% of the warp. I think 5% would have been more what I had envisaged.And the space dyeing down the warp is not visible.
It is tied on and ready to be checked. I should be up and weaving this afternoon.
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