Natural printed tunic from plants 植物印染襯衣

 

Proud to be myself. I am by profession not a fashion designer but like arts and crafts.  Nature inspires my creation particularly plants.  As mentioned in my last post I found the lemmon marigolds wonderful prints and addicted to it.  This tunic printed mainly with those leaves and flowers as well crown daisy. 

 

Flowers and leaves are delicate with very pleasant fragrance.  

The day I went to the area of my studio. Such a leisure walk in the beach. 

 

It's a weekday with less people

  In short I am happy with this tunic prints

"Less is more" is my motto.  The "flowing movement" placement is what I always like.

 

Prints of the lemmon marigolds and crown daisy are so bold.

Front is linen, back and sleeves are wool blend, collar is viscose. Yellow prints from alum mordant for fabric and the plants.  Prints outline and grey shades due to iron mordant.

The sleeve placement of Lemmon marigolds leaves, flowers, crown daisy and oxalis.

Same sorts of plants and geranium

 

Prints of white from oxalis due to acid discharge from the plant

The tunic is light and comfortable 

 A nice moment sitting at the pier reading the poets on my art journal with my paper prints.  Life is good, can't complain.

This is the area Stanley where my tiny studio located.   I always get inspired in the little bay.  I am not a hard seller but sometimes got queries of how to do eco printing.  If you like to do eco printing with basic to fabulous prints here is my on line shop for the instant download pdf tutorials,  Basic English version, Russian version, fabulous version you can do the prints like this tunic.  My passion for the lemmon marigolds printing still on.  Another dress is being made.  Will show after shoting.

Thank you for stopping by, until next.

Slow fashion - natural printed outfit 植物印染慢活時裝

 

Following last post of the new leaf prints, I've now made the fabric prints into garment.  That's the pattern learnt from Revital Avidar in Spain.  The raglan sleeves I like very much.  so I modified the pattern and made the outfit with a different style. 

 

Here's a short video of chilling out in a jockey club.  The outfit is light in summer breeze, style is fine on occasions.

 

The prints are mainly of leaves of tagetes tenuifolia (菊科) combined with onion skins and geranium.

  

 The other layout on iron mordant viscose and alum mordant silk for the different shades of mirror prints.  Bundles are steamed for an hour.

Composition before sewing.

Sleeves with prints of yellow flowers on chine de crepe done in Israel, front with gorgette silk and viscose.

Front part of silk and viscose. Photos speak themselves..........

I also printed a cotton swatch and done a purse with detachable strap.
 Be it a clutch or a shoulder bag for the outfit set.

 

Back side .....viscose drapes likely.

A day in the jockey club

 

The purse with flowers of artemisia vulgaris ( 唐蒿 ) and geranium (洋葵) leaf prints.

Close up of the front and back, different tone of mirror prints. Back with olive tone and front of golden yellow.

A clutch or a bike bag?  That's what I intended to make for the multi- purposes.

The bottom part of the mirror prints on viscose is sewed into a tote bag. The gift I gave to the house owner Ms Fung who's so generous to let me pick her plants.

The tagetes tenuifolia is marvelous that I will do more experiments.

Dress of contact prints with leaves 裙上的葉子印染

   

 A dress I made with the leaf prints done in Spain "Textile con Alma" workshop. Just like the shape of geranium leaf and the ground control skill learnt from Irit Dulman.

在西班牙的實習布料隨手取兩片做了一件秋日裙子, 簡約葉印及剪裁, 就是這麼一件天竺葵葉與胡桃葉子製作.

  

 I recalled the mornings I walked up the lane leading to the village Azana where the workshop held.  The lane lined with pretty flowers and the impressive geranium.

 I picked a few for the contact prints samples making in the workshop. Such bold and clear prints of the geranium on silk.

 I've been doing experiments on assorted fabrics with different techniques thus lots of samples made. Just grab a piece to make something.........

 The panels were just right to make a dress.  With Revital Avidar's raglan pattern I cut and sewed the dress.

Geranium and walnut leaves on the front and sleeve

While the back is with random prints and both sides with viscose cotton of same tone dyed in tree barks.

 It's interesting and fun to explore natural prints. Irit Dulman is awesome for the skills. Her facebook page may have workshop schedules. 

  I also like Revital's pattern of raglan dress. It's simple and easy to make. Don't have to sew zipper, no button and easy pulling in.

 

My simple dress for the breezy autumn on any occassions.