Monday, June 09, 2014

dyeing for beauty

 beauty crowds me till I die
 beauty, mercy have on me
 but if I expire today
let it be in sight of thee
 text by Emily Dickinson
indigo for the wedding

13 comments:

arlee said...

"Blue, blue, my world is blue"

Judy Martin said...

My world has been blue for the last five days.

Margaret said...

Moons of Jude on your blue skies -- or are they suns? A foretaste of summer?

Jennifer said...

Lovely! Will you be able to share a photo or two of the wedding so we see the beauty all gathered in one place?

Judy Martin said...

I will share some photos, Jennifer. Date of wedding is June 21.
xx

Sweetpea said...

My favorite kind of clothesline ;>]]

Judy Martin said...

Baa Baa Judio, have you any indigo?

Yes maam, yes maam, three lines full!

24 table runners, each 100-115" long, all paste resisted with dots, dyed with indigo -

A variety of fabrics. Wool, silk, linen, cotton - all took the dye differently, resulting in every tone of indigo from pastel to intense.

I did enjoy it.

mansuetude said...

" Estranged from Beauty -- none can be -- / For Beauty is Infinity-- "

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" One and One -- are One --
Two -- be finished using -- "
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Dana said...

The wedding is going to be so pretty.

jeanne hewell-chambers said...

My son got married 5/24, and I'm enjoying your wedding preparations a whole lot more than I enjoyed mine;) I'm still trying to get rested up enough to write about it.

jeanne hewell-chambers said...

Forgot to say how lovely and intriguing these cloths are. Look forward to seeing them in action.

Els said...

So very beautiful blue ... ;-)

Threadpainter said...

Oh what a lovely table you set !