I’m in deep!
I have been thinking about writing a blog post about my adventures in rust dyeing, but I’m so into it, I can’t stop to put cohesive thoughts together
So here are a few photos to give you and idea of what is going on around here
I found some craft stranded threads for 40p a skein, made by Trimits, ideal for rust experiments
I have made a start on stitching
Must go and check on the pieces I left overnight…….
Interesting, a bit of this goes on in our house.
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No doubt your wife and I would have a fun old time swapping crafting tips!
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Ooh looks exciting, must start my rust box!
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So exciting!
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Love the looks you’re getting, especially with black coffee and wine (previous post). Am storing everything mentally awaiting getting my hands on some rustable materials-enlisted the aid of our capable in-house maintenance crew… Hoping they can come up with some interesting objects as I’ve no beach, etc., nearby. 😕
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If all else fails you can buy new nails and use safety pins and dressmaking pins and old keys – soak them in very salty water, give them some air and you will get rust!
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Ah, thank you❣️😘
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Wow! THAT is really interesting! My inner faerie is wanting to sparkle it up and add a splash of bright yellow………but I am seeing things from your Rust perspective. Now I have a new appreciation for my Dad’s old rags I keep in our garage. I kept them out of sentimentality, but after seeing this I just realized those rusty old rags are beautiful too!
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Wow – yes! You Dad’s old rags could make a lovely textile art momento.
Hmm – now I’m wondering about some sparkly bits …….
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Well, somebody’s having fun! I love what you’ve come up with so far but it’s a shame that big old rusty keys wouldn’t work – I have any number of those.
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Yes indeed – so much fun!
The keys work – but not by giving you a rust picture of a key.
I have got a few old flat Yale keys soaking in salt water hoping to turn them rusty.
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Fascinating 🙂
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So many surprises along the way.
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I love a good obsession. And this is a great one! ❤
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Completely absorbing!
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Hopefully you won’t go rusty!
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HaHa!! So far so good!
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Cool! When you have settled down, I look forward to reading all about rusty dyeing.
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It is a fun adventure!
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I love that last one…
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I am using the creases to guide where I put the stitches and really enjoying the process.
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I love how you are now stitching into the rust dyed fabrics. Mine still smells of vinegar, wondering about spraying it with perfume!
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My smells of vinegar but I think the smell will fade – it isn’t bothering me.
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Wonderful – you’ll have to be careful not to o er excite me 😊
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HaHaHaHa!!!! 🙂
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Your washing powder is obviously very good or did you just use water?! (4th & 5th photos) I can see you are having fun. Did the copper pins turn it green? Or do you need more time for that?
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I just rinsed it in salty water to fix the colour as much as possible and then in clean water.
The copper has not tuned the farbric green but they are going green, so maybe in time the fabric around them will be affected. I haven’t washed that one at all, so it still smels slighyl vinegary – but i will leave it like that and just see what happens.
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Can you locate any lumps of iron oxide? As small pebbles tied into cloth, it’d make a brilliant shibori pattern. I also have a vision of ghostly rusted keys… Must be careful, or you’ll drag me into this fascinating obsession of yours too…
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Come closer my pretty …….. mwahahahah!
I love your thoughts and ideas Kate, I will try the sort of tie-dye idea you suggest. I have tried keys, but nothing great has come of it so far – it is all very hit and miss – but completely absorbing as a result. The patterns depend on direct contact and the rusty keys I have are not flat.
If we lived closer I can see we would be in each other’s workrooms eagerly swapping ideas.
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No! No! Oh… alright then 🙂 And you’re totally right about the workroom idea swapping!
You know what all of this makes me think of? Cyanotype printing. I bet you and the sun would come up with something uh-mazing between you.
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Yikes – yes Cyanotype is on my list of things I want to try – but for now The Stitchbook Collective provides me with a new obsession each month and I don’t think the course covers sun-dyeing, so I think I’m safe from that for another year at least! 😉
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Ooooo a rust dyed quilt! Now wouldn’t that be something. ❤
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