Sign of Spring botanical prints 春天不遠矣

 We're into Feb and Lunar New Year falls on the 19th, that means spring is in the corner. My botanical prints should be thriving with golden color or brighter.

已經立春了, 農曆年下星期就到了, 聽到春天的步伐嗎 ?  我的植物移印染也該有春日萌芽的金黃嫩綠吧 ! 因此用了兩片不同絲質料放上不同桉樹葉 (尤加利), 橡樹葉與桔葉作的效果.

 So I made two pieces prints with assorted eucalyptus, mandarin leaves and oak leaves. One piece of gorgette silk and the other is Thai silk.

Oak is always my fav. Love it's shape and brown color.

 Eucalyptus cinerea never a fail.

 With the branch bark and the leaves made the outlines

 The down side of oak leaf is always a good print

 Two sorts of eucalyptus

 Euc cinerea gives more bright yellow on Thai silk

 Mandarin leaves of little green and euc cinerea of yellow are not bad.  Mogi is quite pleased with the outcome.
I thank so much for my friend Melinda brought me the ingredients for the yummy prints.

Leaves print means lots 又是植物語

If a slip dress like this sold in a shop is nothing special or even customers may find the prints not impressive.. But.... to me, it means so much. 

若果這一件裙子掛在店內, 毫不顯眼, 祗是普通甚或陳舊 look. 於我而言, 這裙子是我的代理作, 因為葉子是在葡萄牙農莊採摘及實驗示範的絲質料, 我把四片裁縫成一件裙子. 配上 nuno felt 小背心, 一套輕柔夏日裝 .

 Mogi, "oh yeah, it's mum's signature dress". 

The dress is made with four pieces of these leaves prints I done in Portugal recently.  I know each piece of leaf where I got and how I printed.

The leaves of euc,  rose,  oak,  chestnut......

The different euc leaves from a friend's house and the tie lines made with nylon strings....  All these made the dress prints.

The dress does mean something for me - a keepsake of the holiday.

The dress is what I say subtle and natural.

I made the nuno felt vest to make it a set. 

How it go with my girl?

A casual wear on the beach

This means a lot to me - a dress of holiday.