Colour fix...printing...and stitching...

So...

...out we went in the cold...

...for a very welcome "colour-fix" at Doughty's in Hereford.

I have never been to their Fabric Warehouse before...

...but, I can assure you...

...I WILL be going again!!! :-)

Yesterday I cut some strips of my lovely batik purchases...

...and got some kit-printing done.

I've ironed on some Bondaweb and will begin trimming later on today.


I've also been doing a bit of stitching on some previously printed pieces...

...samples for my shows in France (that will be upon me before I can say "Winkie"!!)

I love the bright colours in this one...

...reds and jade greens....

...mmmmmmm...

x C

Results ....and plans.....

Here are a few piccies of yesterday's Batik piece....

...sprayed...

...and "henna" applied. (I actually used some black fabric paint through a very fine henna applicator bottle)

I still have a lot of experimenting to do...

...and need a nice fine Tjanting tool!

I'm not too unhappy with my first foray results...

...although I do need to find a way of getting more of the wax out of the fabric...

...any advice out there?

I've used a Berber henna design here and will be continuing with this theme for a little while...

...not just on fabric with Batik techniques...

...but in some tri-fold books and other small sample pieces...

...as I'll be in North Africa on two cruises this year visiting Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.

This morning I was lucky enough to find the MOST DELICIOUS paint colour to play with......... Moroccan Blue!

...watch this space!! :-)

x C