I need to find the time

on
do you know where it went ? (the time)
I've been looking after it, running after it, and it always goes faster than me, despite all I want & have to do !! not fair !

it's true that hubby and I have been dyeing a lot these weeks, and as I said in my previous post, I have four posts to type to add to the dyeing blog. So, until I really DO find the time for proper blog posts, I'll show quickly the results here.

we've dyed with ...

fennel / foeniculum vulgare
(but overheat *big mistake* and silk lost its shine)

foeniculum vulgare, 2nd experiment

rosehips / rosa canina (and went to the iron bucket)
(but overheat & silk lost its shine)

rosehips dyeing

phillyrea augustifolia (a shrub, cousin of the olive tree, from the oleaceae family)

hot dyeing with phillyrea angustifolia // results

and finally with sunflowers / helianthus annuus

hot dyeing with helianthus annuus // results

and of course, the funny part is that this morning I have rinced the solar dyeing I had started a week & a half ago, and that we'll be dyeing with TWO other materials tomorrow ... so I'll have THREE other posts to type & post, when they'll be ready to show ! aghhhhhhh

happy, happy busy, but never enough time in the day !

well, better go running after that time again ! bye ! :) stay well, friends !!

oxox
Sonia

Comments

  1. ale balanzario30 September 2010 at 14:22

    Thank you so much for this beautiful post, love how all these natures dyes came up to beautiful and delicate colors!!

    Have you also a happy busy day!!

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  2. lillalotta30 September 2010 at 15:36

    Oh I can relate so much. Never enough time. Even when I sit and rest rarely in the afternoon, for less than an hour, I feel guilty, and then wish I had the time back..... Oooooh the madness. Xxx

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  3. Anonymous30 September 2010 at 16:40

    But they are so beautiful!! I know what you mean... Where does the time go?!

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  4. Scented Sweetpeas30 September 2010 at 17:22

    wow what stunning colours! when you do find the time can you tell me where it is please?

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  5. Jill Wignall30 September 2010 at 20:42

    Sonia, It sound slike your doing quite well and getting lots done! : ) lots of dyeing that is. Perhaps your laundry pile and dishes are piling high around you? I can relate : )

    The photos look wonderful. I'll look forward to hearing about them in more detail.

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  6. Silvia LGD (Little Green Doll)30 September 2010 at 22:08

    I know what you mean... time really flies! beautiful photos and beautiful colours!

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  7. joanie1 October 2010 at 07:42

    Those are fantastic results. You can probably guess I'm loving that phillyrea augustifolia , wonderful!

    P.S. When we find that time bandit, we'll have to lock him up and throw away the key!

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  8. Anne Marie1 October 2010 at 10:47

    Woaw...I'm so impressed by how nature can have one colour while fresh and another colour when on fabric. Like the rosehips/rosa canina and the. And also amazed at how one plant gives such a different colour depending on the chosen fabric, like the phillyrea augustifolia on silk and linen.

    Your photos are beautiful Sonia!

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  9. sadie1 October 2010 at 11:19

    Time. Who knows where it goes? Just yesterday we were celebrating the start of 2010, and now it's almost over. The year has raced by.

    Love, love, LOVE the colours from your dyes. A really beautiful palette.

    have a lovely weekend, and happy October xx

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  10. Karen1 October 2010 at 11:43

    These four photos are just so beautiful together, Sonia! I can imagine then in pretty frames in a little quartet on the wall...
    I do know what you mean about time!!!
    Have a lovely weekend, xoxo to you and your family....Karen

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  11. Valerie2 October 2010 at 02:54

    un magnifique quatuor de résultats !
    j'avoue que mon préféré est l'arbre à prunelles... enfin le cousin de l'olivier... la couleur est divine, pile poil ce que j'aime... mais j'ai vu le raisin sur flickr et il est superbe aussi...
    je vous souhaite un bon weekend :) ici nous ramassons un mois de précipitations de vendredi à dimanche -- oh joy ! j'espère que nos potirons ne vont pas pourrir...

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  12. antilight4 October 2010 at 10:53

    the blue one is the most amazing! I love the tone of the color.

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