More bookwraps and dye day.

Here are the framed squares that Blogger would not let me up load!
A nice Jellyroll and Charm square-friendly pattern; worksheets for which I will have with me on Sunday at the Bead and Textile Fair at the Heartsease Academy in Norwich on Sunday from 10.00a.m. These are laid out fairly randomly on the sitting room floor to get a flavour of the overall design.

On Monday I was given another dozen bookwraps made by Pamela Salter who has now made 22! Mammoth effort! Here are three:

Pamela Salter

Pamela Salter

Pamela Salter

And here are the lovely colours of wool blanket dyed with acid dyes yesterday at a workshop with Helen Howes

Dyeing day

Yesterday I had a lovely time dyeing linen and cotton with Procion dyes and dyeing woollen threads, pieces of blanket and silk in a microwave with acid dyes. Super fun, and the reds are still rinsing in the washing machine! Dye days at Helen Howes workshop are great, no mess in your own kitchen! www.helenhowestextiles.co.uk

Today I went back to the machine embroidery class in Norwich and we made a panel with strips of silk  and machine stitches. They could be made into a pouch for a mobile phone, but I made mine into another book wrap.