ECO Printed Upcycled Clothing 2

Eco Printed up-cycled clothing.

This has a once-a-year production time for me. I will not be making any more pieces until next fall when the leaves turn once again.

But now I have a large variety of pieces, ranging from sleeveless shirts, long sleeve blouses, jackets, pullover sweaters, skirts, oversize blouses. The natural fabrics range from merino wool, linen (flax), silk, cashmere, cotton (and pima cotton), rayon (viscose), modal, tencel, wool - either plant or animal based. Sizes range from XS to XL.

Photos of some more pieces:

Cotton top / linen skirt:

Cotton:

This green silk one is sold.

100% silk:

These two are both sold - to the same person!

100% silk:

100% mohair:

ECO Printed Upcycled Clothing 1

I had a friend come over to check out my Calyx stuff from the weekend sale but we never made it downstairs to my studio as I showed her my Eco Printed clothing first and she bought this jacket! Eco Printed up-cycled clothing. This is 100% boiled wool, printed with eucalyptus, geranium, oak and rose leaves from my Calgary, Canada neighbourhood. The rose bush is actually from her front yard! 

Looks great on you, Jan!

 

This is a 100% silk blouse printed with brown onion skins, and oak, rose and dogwood leaves. 

Kerry, I am saving this one for you! Doesn't it look good on her?

This is a 100% silk dress that would look great over leggings. 

Oak and dogwood leaves from my neighbourhood.

And this is the one my daughter selected. This is a 100% silk front, 50-50 silk-linen back. 

Printed with Silver Dollar and Baby Blue Eucalyptus leaves.

Eco Printing part 2

Some of my results from the Nicola Brown Eco Printing class on different natural fibres (protein and cellulose based) silk, wool, cashmere, cotton, linen and ramie.

Had a wonderful workshop and fulfilled my goal of clean, crisp prints. Thanks Nicola for all your tips and design suggestions!

September interlude with Nicola Brown

I just finished a three-day workshop with Nicola Brown of Clasheen, Ireland in Eco-Printing and just had a lovely time! She taught in Fernie and Lethbridge over the past couple of weeks, and is moving on to Australia next. Check the link on her name to see her website and her gorgeous work.

The week before kept me busy collecting over 20 different local vegetation...

and preparing the various natural fibre fabrics for printing. A sampling of silks and linens...

 

then packing up for class...

After just enough instruction, it was on to the process of bundle, boil, and open.
Here is Nicola demonstrating...

 and Lori opening one of her first bundles...

The smiles on people's faces just kept getting bigger and bigger!