Shirley Goodwin - Dyeing2Design

It's a month since I tried solar dyeing of wool using my black/purple pansies.  Here are the results!  The jar with the frozen flowers is on the left.  You can see that the colour didn't pe...

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I've been interested in dyeing with flowers ever since I got India Flint's book, Eco Colour, some years ago.  However, there's been a lot on my plate since then - overseas trip, earthquakes, mov...

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It's 1st March - time again for my beginners' Electric Quilt class to start up for 2016.  EQ7 is a great piece of software, and I've had this version and earlier versions for quite a few years n...

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Ah, Paris.  I finally got there in 2010 when I did my Single, Solitary, Overseas Trip.  I went to the Louvre, where I was more interested in the marble floors (great patchwork designs!) than ma...

http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/day-22-where-i-remember-one-star-hotel.html

For those who are not quilters, Amy Butler is a well-known American fabric designer.  Several years ago, I bought some Rowan fabrics from the local quilt shop, and as I normally do, I dyed some ...

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I didn't get to do my big OE (overseas experience) until 2010, when I was 55.   I love looking back at the photos I posted on my blog at the time because, sadly, I lost all the photos in a hard ...

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Yes, there have been times in my life when things have been tough.  I try to not dwell on the bad times, but I'm convinced that they make us stronger, though it's hard to see any positive at the...

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Today, I was looking back over my blog in early 2010 and found these photos of the quilts I made for my friend Jill's children -  A pink quilt with ballerina fabric for Ivy;  a pink and p...

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In 2006, I was approached by Patchwork & Stitching magazine, an Australian publication, to show some examples of my work that they wanted to feature in their magazine.  They chose a quilt that...

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These are some 2 colour pieces of fabric that I made in 2009 by wicking  - half of the fabric length (they are 1 metre pieces)was placed in a tray of the first colour, and the the other half i...

http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/day-12-where-i-show-some-work-that-has.html

In 2010, I did my Big OE.  This was my only overseas trip, unless you count some to Raratonga and Western Samoa when  I was a baby and which I don't remember. I spent a month in France (am...

http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/day-11-where-i-revisit-some-lino-cuts.html

This is a sampler of shibori designs, all dyed with the same burgundy dye.  I really like this colour, as it's a blend so you get some splitting of the colour, which I think enhances the resul...

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Today, my homestay went home.  I have had homestays, mostly Chinese, on and off for the past 4 years as a means of bringing in extra money.  Many were teenagers; some were older.  Some were a ...

http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/2015/12/day-9-in-which-i-heave-sigh-of-relief.html

I didn't post yesterday as it was my day to work at the Textile Emporium store.  However, the photo is one I took yesterday morning while walking Tilly in the public gardens.  The cabbage trees...

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This is a cot quilt I made in 2008, but I have no idea who I made it for.  I had no pattern - I designed and drew the chickens myself. I hope the baby I made it for enjoyed it.

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Here's some delicious skeins of pure New Zealand wool that I dyed the other day - colours inspired by the NZ summer.

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"Pale pink and blue are my favourite colours" said no-one ever.  Not even if you call them by fancy names. Here are MY colour choices for 2016: Turquoise and teal.   I have a big...

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Looking back at my blog in 2007, when I wrote a record 168 posts, I discovered this post when I was tagged in a meme to tell 7 little known facts about myself.   Here they are: 1. I spent abou...

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Firstly, thanks to my blog friends who have started reading my blog again! Looking back over my blog is fun - you forget a lot of the little stuff.  Here's some yarn porn from 2006 - I did...

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Let's go right back to the beginning, which is 10 years ago.  When I first heard of blogs (short for web logs), I thought they were pretentious and narcissistic.  Until I started one, of course...

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I came across this on Facebook, and having already decided that I needed to get back into blogging, I decided now was the time to do it.  It's being run by Cheryl Sleboda, who is not a FB fr...

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Not feeling totally confident with using EQ7 (or earlier versions)?  My beginners' class  is about to start, so jump in and enrol.  The lessons feature screenshots, videos and plenty of helpfu...

http://shirleygoodwin.blogspot.com/2015/06/do-you-have-electric-quilt-software.html

Or "tie dye", as some may know it.  In addition to dyeing colour gradation bundles of fabric for the Textile Emporium shop, I have been doing a spot of shibori.  Firstly, some silk scarves. ...

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I have been invited by Clare Smith of www.claresmith.blogspot.com  to participate in this Round the World Blog Hop.  Clare is a Kiwi dyer and textile artist, and I love the work she is doing w...

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...I have been neglecting my blog in favour of posting on Facebook.  However, this blog has a long history and I have made many friends through it so I don't want to lose that.  Here's what I'm...

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