I feel like I lost a week and am not sure quite where it went. Maybe it's just that the grass pollen is high...the garden is amazing though.
(cucumbers and celery...trying celery for the first time.)
It's been raining so a lot of time yesterday was spent cleaning and organizing. I am not sure it looks much better than it did before but two big bags full of things left the house so something must have changed.
There was also a lovely surprise visit from Hazel (the second in two weeks!)...just when I needed a break.
I also made a new indigo vat with some dates that were way past "best by." This is dip number one; the fabric (dipped today) will go back in for another dip tomorrow and/or the next day.
Today I used some shredded junk mail for paper pulp and added some of the pansy ink the water.
Just for a moment it was purple and then it was blue.
This is some of the pulp flipped out onto watercolor paper. It doesn't matter if it sticks...I have an idea!
Some of the pansy ink was saved in some tiny bottles that I've had forever and found while sorting. Maybe this is something I kept for just the right amount of time? But it's the "it will be useful someday" that gets me into trouble.
There also has been some stitching; trying a technique that Jude shared in the Forever Zone. The fabric is some that I dyed using a clay resist for the circles. It will make a nice pillow once all the circles are stitched
Hmm...where did that clay go?