zippered pouches

acorn

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

hawthorn

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

walnut

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

bundle dye

bb sweatshirt

This tiny sweatshirt was overdyed with cosmos and coreopsis.

women wear

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

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

Harvest and grow. Grow and harvest. The rhythmns of a dye garden. This was my pandemic garden. 2020 was the first year I specifically grew plants for dye. Some flowers were new, and some were old favorites like the marigold.  

Holding the harvest of dried dyers coreopsis. Dried, stored and ready for winter crafting.