When President Macron of France offered to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain it reminded me of the 19th century embroiderers of Leek, Staffordshire who embroidered a complete facsimile of the tapestry. Strictly speaking both the original and the copy are embroideries and not tapestries; coloured wools stitched onto linen.…
Living for Dyeing – Food Colours
I usually like to use natural materials for dyeing. I like the whole foraging process and the subtlety of colours you get. But recently I thought I would have a go at dyeing with food colouring . The good thing about food colouring is that you can use the…
Living for Dyeing: Colour from the kitchen
Although there is a well-established and very sensible home-dyers rule that you don’t mix dyeing and food preparation equipment, that doesn’t mean you can’t get colour from the food in your kitchen. You shouldn’t use your cooking equipment but redundant saucepans and other equipment are not too difficult to source…