Nettles, Treadles and Love

I made some little zipper pouches as gifts for the holidays.

I used the cotton fabric I dyed with onion skins for the outside of the pouches.

I made two linoleum block prints – a sheep and a ball of yarn.  One for each side of the pouch.

letting the ink dry.  I used a jar of water-based non-toxic ink.

These are printed with the natural plant pigments we created in the plant dye workshop with Rebecca Burgess.

lined with un-dyed cotton.

This project covered many firsts.

First solo dye project, first linoleum block prints, first zipper pouches.  Ta daa!  fun.