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Thursday, 18 March 2010

no prizes for guessing where the grass is greener


they do say it's always on the other side
and this time they're right
that's a dusty home paddock up there



as my students know i love unwrapping presents
this morning i found one that i had forgotten
a dress from the 40s or 50s [possibly a nightie]
that my lovely friend Marion had sent me
in a parcel of treasures

it turned out to be synthetic of some sort
and didn't appear to have taken much colour
after the first boil.
i left it in a corner of the studio
when i pootled off to NZ

a tad grainy [batfone image]
but some good colour
which deepened after rinsing and on exposure to air
at

9 comments:

  1. Sandra18 March 2010 at 22:56

    Really beautiful! And it being synthetic fabric....I didn't know synthetic fabric would dye so well.

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  2. Christine18 March 2010 at 23:19

    Lovely comparison images. Dreamy nightie. Welcome back!

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  3. Lindsey19 March 2010 at 00:57

    beautiful home paddock - I thoght it was an amazing Sally Stafford (hi!) painting at first!
    http://www.sallystafford.com/ and oh for the occassion to wear such a dress - thanks, your post has brightened up a dull very windy day in NE England

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  4. india flint19 March 2010 at 06:39

    merci du compliment Lindsey,
    Sally is a friend of mine and yes her work is lovely

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  5. Ruth Rae19 March 2010 at 14:46

    Hello I really love your blog and reading about your process.

    I am going to be guest curator over at: http://blog.crescendoh.com/crescendoh/index.html

    in May and would like to link you as one of my online sources for inspiration...

    please let me know if this will be ok with you.

    my email is ruthrae@gmail.com

    Thank you so much for sharing your creative sprit!

    --
    Ruth
    www.ruthrae.com

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  6. Pam de Groot19 March 2010 at 19:41

    This dress is amazing the colour is beautiful. What fabric do you think it was in the end. What a lovely surprise to come home to. One day I'm going to learn the discipline needed to not unwrap parcels as soon as possible. When I grow up maybe.

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  7. india flint19 March 2010 at 20:12

    not sure about the fabric think it's from the 40s, might be a kind of nylon? has that sort of feel to it. detest synthetics but the cut is lovely and i was totally chuffed to find it had taken colour

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  8. Sally Stafford19 March 2010 at 21:00

    oh your talking about me :)
    Love the dress...the colour looks so delicate and beautiful...like the start of spring here in the uk x

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  9. Liz LaSorsa23 March 2010 at 07:11

    I love the dress India...it looks like something easily slipped into. The grainy photo actually tells a real story doesn't it. Miss you. L

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