Brooch from Japan

 We found this fabulous fabric and craft shop in Kyoto, Japan. I purchased a kit and finished my brooch early this morning. Now I wish I had sprung for more kits! So much fun to create.

I dug out my bee's wax and found it ever so helpful to keep from tangling my thread. This wax was from college days when I purchased boxes of wax for future batik projects. Very wabi-sabi... 

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 I was slicing an onion to sauté for miso soup and saved the end for some printing:

Avocado dye

 After simmering my eucalyptus silk bundles I was left with very brown water. It seemed like a great opportunity to add avocado pits and peels for some experimenting. The wool that went into the bath was all natural white/cream wool. I believe the big difference was that some was scoured clean and some still had some lanolin protection. Next time - no eucalyptus. I will stick with plain avocado. I like the blush pink color much better than the brown.

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 1/10th done! Didn't plan for the eye on the leaf, but I rather like it - in a creepy way!

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 Feeling a quilt design coming on... The mini gelli was a fun choice for this print.

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 I rode the train into Chicago, this past week, to handle my Visa for my upcoming trip to China. My ticket was purchased on board - the old fashioned way. The sound of the punch on my ticket was a wonderful memory. How perfect to find an old photo of a train and then create a mini stencil using a hole punch. 

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 Printed with a fork on a photo of a dining room table set for a holiday feast.