Making of reversible natural printed vest 雙面穿著植物印染背心製作

 This is a reversible vest with double prints. I intended to make it to wear "in and out" as well "front and back".  The tone is a bit rustic so I made shots against the abandoned village house while I was doing biking there.

日前騎單車經過一青𥖁廢屋，喜愛那古風，因而拍攝幾幀我的植物印染雙面及前後可穿着的成衣照。

這背心面料祗用了鐵媒染，內層𢇁料以Irit Dulman技巧印染做出兩層不一樣的效果。

 Basically the fabric of raw silk is iron mordant but not the leaves of eucalyptus and Grevillea Robusta (銀華)

 

While the other side is georgette silk printed with various leaves with technique from Irit Dulman.

 The front is of two panels and one at the back,  both inside and outside.

 I am lazy and just cut and sewed by vision.  I don't have to measure for anyone  I just wanted to make use of the panels I previous made.

 This is a medium size.  After fitting I found the shoulders are too wide and "straight".  Thus I folded a bit inward.  After all the pieces are sewed I fixed the buttons.

 

 Final touch with my label

 The look of in and out.

 

 A reversible long vest is made..........

 

It can be wore "in and out" as well "front and back".

 

 A side pocket is added

The making of this vest is easy and the prints of this side of raw silk is only fabric mordant in iron solution.  The different tone of the same eucalyptus (dark & red) is only the darker piece soaked in stronger iron water.

I have instant download pdf tutorial, this is one of prints mentioned.  Interested parties may like to view here in my ETSY

For the prints of the silk side as it's the technique I just learnt from brilliant Irit Dulman, I'm not going into details yet.

Two-hole piece multi-styled wearable 簡易百搭被肩背心

 Following my last post of a two-armhole scarf, I'm really into the simple making with nuno felt and made a few.

A flat sheet of fabric with little wool fleece......

天氣漸涼, 絲巾加點羊毛, 不太 "沉重", 開兩個洞成為百搭被肩背心, 這幾件是近日的製作, 不同布料的效果, 都是輕巧飄逸.

 I turned it into a vest of styles - bottom with texture raw fleece

 Turn it upside down, a collar with wool

 The bottom of the back with wool fleece, the front is a soft draping

 This is not my design.  There're many styles of two-hole scarf wearable but it just hit my bell to do the nuno felt, simply without thread or needle and warm in the cool days.

For the sample of this style I used the ready made viscose long scarf. (38" x 72")  I cut off the corners to make it round, cut the arm holes then sealed with merino wool, the bottom part laid some Teeswater fleece and merino wool, all the round edge sealed with wool.  That's it.

I've made a few pieces with different patterns as giveaways for good friends.

 This black & white of branches & birds.  Airy and light I like most.

 The back look 

                                                                                     The front with a tie knot simply an outfit

 A scarf wrap around

 

This piece is more fall theme of yellow with tree branches

 Also multi-styles - back & front .   Tied with a wool felt brooch simply an outfit

 This gorgette silk I printed with euc and Lagerstroemia Indica (紫薇) collected in my area

 Palette of autumn leaves

 I walked in the area where I picked this Lagerstroemia Indica leaves

                       I also made it into a nuno felt scarf / vest

 

Well, these are the simple nuno felt wearable recently made. Still keen on experimenting different eco prints 

With the scraps cut from the scarfs, I played with textural surface and 3D making.  This object just done. Mogi is very curious about it.  What's it? Stay tuned, will post details next.

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Endeavor to change - Mustard dye 植物印染衣飾

 

 A botanical imprinted scarf / vest redyed to mustard color.  

This is the piece of prints I endeavor to redye for gradual color.

 I picked the Lagerstroemia Indica with some yellow, red and green.  Hope to get different shades from autumn windfalls.

 I laid the assorted leaves, a few eucalyptus and bundle boiled the silk fabric for 1.5 hours.

This is the picture of the layout and outcome.

 I intended to put some more leaves on the top of the square fabric to make it a vest / scarf, simply lined two arm holes and hemmed. A multi-style of vest of "upside-down".

 Prints of Lagerstroemia Indica are not much different in spite of green or windfalls of yellow . The long and orange prints are eucalyptus.

 With tannin of leaves and iron, the watercolor painterly effect is so pleasing but I sometimes this is only happy accidents.

 Prints on the collar as a vest .......

 Simply a scarf

 

I thought it's no harm to make mustard color on the lower part.

 So I redyed the fabric in the eco dye pot.

The left one is before and right one is after dyed.

 The scarf / vest of gradual green

 Left is undyed, the right one dyed

 

I've to admit the original undyed one is fair enough but keen on experiments I will get the idea of different effect.  

On and off people asked me about eco print / dye.  I'm happy to share common queries.  For my way of getting this mustard green on silk, I use turmeric + logwood + alum. 

 Before putting in the dye pot, I soak the fabric in water with alum.   I soak the logwood chips for a few hours then wrap it with a scrap of fabric, .  For a pot of about 1 L water, I put a teaspoon each of turmeric, logwood and alum.  All together bring to boil then simmer for 10 min.  The longer the stay in the pot the darker the color. 

That's what I got.

Have a nice day ! Until next time.