Autumn Colours From My Garden

I just had to capture some of the vibrant, fall colours from my garden. It is a great way to preserve your own colour pallet for autumn. Don't you just love these colours!

In fact, you can match your threads to the colours in your photos. Print out the photo, stick it in a journal and put thread samples with it. Of course, don't forget to write in the colour numbers for reference. Or, if you prefer, dye or over dye your floss.

If you have a set of Inktense Blocks, it's easy to dye floss for a project. These blocks of color, once applied and set, are permanent. A great way to get one-of-a-kind colours.

Step One - Continued

I managed to get more cheese cloth dyed today as well as a couple of lengths of embroidery floss.
Looking at the bright greens below, I may have to darken some of it at a later date.

I've also included a few links to dyeing and using cheese cloth in fibre arts:

• The Felting and Fiber Studio
• In Good Company
• Dyeing Cheese Cloth on Pinterest
• House to Home Crafts
• What to Make With Cheese Cloth on Pinterest
• Threads on Threads

Have a look.
Enjoy!!

dyed thread
 

Colour Complements

I didn't participate in the Grow Your Blog hop last month but I did visit most the blogs listed there (what a pleasant job!!). I met a lot of bloggers (well, not met them in person) and quickly read a bit about them and what interests they have. I joined some of the blogs and had lots of people visit back. Some ladies even joined up to follow me.Thank you.

I came across a Canadian on-line shop called Colour Complements just outside Vancouver, BC. Lorraine Stobie is a mixed media artist who dyes her own threads. She specializes in beautiful, bold, vibrant, one-of-a-kind, over dyed threads in small quantities. It was her vibrant colour schemes that caught my eye. The threads are just gorgeous! You can visit her blog HERE. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Enjoy!