I love the overlap of apron-dress, and am about to begin a new project today, using a few different pieces from old deconstructed petticoats and underwear - and a vintage tablecloth with big dramatic Germanic religious script on it.
Will this be shared?:D Description is a good teaser for this Apron lover! I adore them, but vintage type only, not those boring ones you can find at each corner.
like yellow from onion - and the fixing of the dye using salt and copper pans
OMG you did all of that? I knew only for coffee when it comes about coloring of materials :D
I'm a bit over-enthusiastic about getting inspired by life all the time..
Don't stop, sounds like it's your drive, just enjoy the ride!🦋
Thank you very, very much 🍀
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I will share indeed, @alt3r ! I ended up spending my sewing hours on Sunday adjusting my last apron-dress - and the more dramatic apron construction is a challenging thing, so it might take me a bit longer to work up my confidence to do it... But yes indeed: I'll share a post here about it when it's done. And yes, in my Scottish island culture, we had some good training at school too, around weaving, dyeing and suchlike - in the '70s/ 80s there was a big resurgence of the old arts and crafts in rural areas. 🤗
Don't be shy, there is no such a thing like perfection, but I do understand 'stage fright', so when you are ready!
Scotland fields, sheep's and aprons sounds good to me.😍
Lucky you, wish we had similar subject here, but it was abolished back in the eighties from schools.
Does it still exist as part of education?
Oh, I have no idea - probably not - though I know of multifarious projects (on Arran where I grew up) that are bringing back traditional ways, skills - especially around the food cycles: community food-growing, sustainable fishing and culinary projects, fermenting, natural liquors, etc. A fair few folks that I was at school with, and who all left to find work/ travel the world, like me, have returned and are bringing their worldly knowledge and connectedness back to where they grew up - enriching the island culture by reviving the roots. This is very exciting - a second wave of what was begun in the 70s...
Thanks for your encouragement, @alt3r - I do need a pep talk every now and again, as I am quite neurotic about my handiwork at times!
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That is indeed lovely to read, go everywhere but come home!
Why nervous? Handwork should be relaxing and you are most welcome @clareartista (:
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