Friday, February 12, 2010

indigo threads

Continuing with the indigo work, I've dyed a skein of tencel to stitch into the dyed cloth.




















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3 comments:

Jeana Marie said...

oh! it looks delicious! happy stitching...

jude said...

why tencel?

Judy Martin said...

That's a good question, Jude.
I used the tencel fibre because I had it in my dye shelf - purchased a while back from a Canadian dye supplier.

It is a cellulose fibre, made from wood pulp like rayon is. It accepts dye well.

After your question, I researched further and found this informative web site about tencel. It's biodegradable, environmentally accepted - but is not as organic as other natural fibres.

Here's the link:

http://organicclothing.blogs.com/my_weblog/2005/11/tencel_sustaina.html