Salt Spring Island,   Sept 1-2,    2019

Eco-dye and botanical printing Circular Waterfall Vest 
Nuno Felted one piece Vest
Come with your enthusiasm to explore surface design techniques and create nuno felted yardage for a one piece circular or waterfall vest.  
You will learn how to:
Nuno felt yardage with merino wool and silk chiffon.     
To mordant fabric.
To eco-dye with the placing of leaves/flowers/berries.  You will enjoy the amazing results of leaf/flower/berry pigments.  Which leaves and mordants give different pigment colours, the time to harvest leaves and how to store them.  The different ways to bundle and fix the pigments onto your fabric and the length of time needed for different results. 
To combine eco-printing with the addition of a transfer dye process used in botanical printing to enhance the leaf silhouette.  
Take measuresurements and cut the vest pattern.
2 day workshop
$250 + material fee $50 = $300
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I will provide:
mordant
eucalyptus leaves
merino wool 
silk chiffon fabric 
pool noodle
​plastic sheet
​dowel

Please bring : 
​notebook and pen
other leaves/flowers/berries that you want to use in your design like alder, maple, oak etc.( I will only be providing eucalyptus leaves )
2 clear plastic lawn bags
24" bubble wrap, small bubbles
stainless steel or plastic bowl
scissors
2 old towels
old nylons or long strips of stretchy material  to tie your felting bundles with
roll of paper towel or old cotton sheet