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zippered pouches

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acorn

Dyed with acorns foraged from the neighborhood sidewalk and shifted with iron. 
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hawthorn

Dyed with hawthorn flowers from six neighborhood trees. Gathered in a way to leave enough flowers for the birds and the bees. 
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walnut

Dyed with walnuts gathered from a neighborhood tree. Bundle dyed with onion skins and leaves. 

bundle dye

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bb sweatshirt

This tiny sweatshirt was overdyed with cosmos and coreopsis.
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women wear

These bras were overdyed with black knight scabiosa and dyers chamomile. The bra on the left was dyed first with walnut. 
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men folk tees

These tees were dyed with fresh indigo and avocado. They were then bundle dyed with coreopsis and black knight scabiosa. 

dye garden

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Harvest and grow. Grow and harvest. The rhythmns of a dye garden. This is the first year I specifically grew plants for dye. Some flowers were new, and some were old favorites like the marigold.  
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Holding the harvest of dried dyers coreopsis. Dried, stored and ready for winter crafting. 
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