The Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild’s Fibre Camp 2017 was held at Camp Sunrise on the Sunshine Coast of BC from Sept 7th to Sept 9th. Fifty fibre enthusiasts gathered to attend workshops, played with their fibre, shopped at vendor stalls, talked, ate and shared their stories. The Sunshine Coast Fibreshed display featured local fleece dyed […]
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International Earth Day 2017
April 21, 2017, international Earth Day was celebrated in Roberts Creek, BC by our local Sunshine Coast Fibreshed. The day started out dry with sunshine, always windy at the pier. We set up our colourful Fibreshed display with locally dyed rovings, plants for a Dyers garden and local sheep fleece for garden mulch…. We featured […]
Read MoreGrow Your Jeans – California Road Trip, October 3
After two long days of I5 driving we were welcomed by the Zen Monks and volunteers of the Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center at Muir Beach, CA. We had the most amazing vegetarian meals three times a day all grown and prepared at Green Gulch. We enjoyed quiet meditation sessions in the Zazen (Zen […]
Read MoreDyeing with Japanese Indigo
This is the third summer that some members of our Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild have grown and dyed with Japanese indigo. In mid-July five of us gathered together to dye using the vinegar method. The indigo was growing in garbage pails with three plants per pail. We cut the stems just above a […]
Read MoreDyeing at the Yurts
Yvonne Stowell, artist and owner of FiberWorks Studio and Gallery, is a beloved and valued member of our fibre arts community, inspiring and mentoring us. She hosts exhibitions, workshops and spin-ins in the yurts of her Studio and Gallery. This summer the deck outside the yurts was brightened by planters filled with colourful dye plants. […]
Read MoreJapanese Indigo Dyeing Day at Merrily’s
Japanese Indigo Dyeing Day had arrived! On the evening of August 21, Lynda and I each clipped the leaves from our 2 plants which we had carefully nurtured all summer from seeds gathered the year before. These were placed in a covered glass jar. The next morning, on Merrily’s deck, with gentle breezes blowing off […]
Read MoreAnother Season of Japanese Indigo
(Last year the Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild had a project growing and dyeing with Japanese indigo. (See “Sea Foam Blue” blog on October 5, 2013.) Some members did some further dyeing and obtained a darker blue using Spectralite in a technique described by Rebecca Burgess in her book “Harvesting Color”. This week at […]
Read MoreSea Foam Blue
Last summer Ann shared Japanese indigo seeds with 12 Sunshine Coast Spinners and Weavers Guild members. We started seeds indoors in late March, early April. Some folks re-potted into larger pots and others put their plants outside in the ground. We received regular emails to keep the Indigo Girls on track. We fertilized, watered, deer […]
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