berries!

I've been experimenting more with natural dyes lately...these are cotton plain weave fabrics that I dyed in blackberries (purple) and strawberries (pink with watermark or tie-dye). I'm not exactly sure what happened in regards to the imperfections, but I feel that they are "happy mistakes."

I ended up using the more consistently dyed parts of the fabrics to make our Goddaughter's birthday gift: Berries Provincial Sundress.

I appliqued the flowers and beaded their centres with tiny clear beads.

My hope is that she "plays in the dirt" in this dress!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Ruth!

I look forward to dyeing silk organza, using this berry dyeing technique, for my upcoming women's clothing line:

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