Sunday 10 June 2012

Surfacing and Plans

It has been a while since I wrote a post.  Our trip to Malta was great but, as ever, the travelling caught up with me.  If only I could go to sleep in my hotel bed and wake the next morning in my own bed.  Now that would be an 'app' worth having.
Nat forwarded me a photograph that she took while we were shopping in Tokyo, in a shop filled with vintage fabrics.  Also in the picture are our sensei, Bryan, and my indigo sister, Janine.  The staff there described us as the "Western Ladies Bomb" and had a lot of tidying up to do once we'd finished our shopping spree.  The photo reminded me that I have not shared my shopping in Japan with you and so I shall organise that for my next post. 
I also have to share our visit to the Indigo Master, one of the most amazing days of the Japanese Textile Study Tour.  I have just seen on Bryan's blog that he is planning some indigo workshops in the Autumn.  Do have a look, I highly recommend them.  Here's the link:  Autumn 2012 Japanese Indigo Workshop and you will find all the details and costs there.  Just staying at Bryan's farmhouse is a wonderful experience, the workshops themselves will be fantastic.
I am starting to be able to organise my creative thoughts post-Japan.  More about that in a while.

PS If you're waiting for my Maltese eco-dyeing it will be a little while longer.  I took a peek and it was very pale and sort of wishy-washy so I've given it another steam and set it aside for a while longer....I need to learn patience.

3 comments:

  1. Now, that is a fine picture of some happy shoppers! What could be more fun that stirring up piles of vintage fabrics!

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  2. Hahaha! Lis, the shelves are nearly empty. The most incredible thing was that porcelain doll class that was going on while we were there. I have not put my vintage fabrics away because they are a great splash of colour on my sofa and I love thumbing through them. One of them I will not cut because it is so beautiful. I have merely quilted it. Will post soon when I have finished it.

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  3. You three look very happy in this photo that I thought you should have it. Patience is the name of the game in eco dyeing. too cold here for me to dye these days.

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