Have you seen the new blog I’m associated with? Boston Handmade. It is connected to the Boston Etsy group that I’m part of. If you go there, you can see that I will be showing my work in Jamaica Plain, tomorrow evening (9/6). I will say it once again (since it has never happened), tell me you read about it on my blog and it will make my day!
I’m working on taking photos to send out when I need to include something when applying for shows.
other times, not so much.
The idea was, make a tattooed man using toile. I scored a great selection of toile scraps at a swap I did with some fellow Boston Etsy people.
note to self- check to see if decorator fabric has been Scotchgarded, before using on a project that includes dyeing/painting the finished piece. hmph.
Maybe you can’t tell from the photo, but the color went on unevenly and worse, the fabric looked scabby after the paint dried. Yuck. Since I knew I wasn’t satisfied with it, I thought I might as well see what I could do to make it better.
First, I put him through a gentle cycle in the washing machine. That made the texture better and the blotchiness worse. So, I stuck him in a bucket of dye for a soak…
then, another trip through the wash, and out to dry-
He is still as blotchy as ever, and somewhat misshapened. Not out of shape- I mean he is clearly in great shape! His head is lumpy as you can see.
I’m not quite sure where I will go next with him, but I have now dyed a selection of fabrics to try again with.
and another thing…
Fresh peaches are one of my all time favorite seasonal treats-
well, and then we ate it!
I am not using wool for these ones!
