Printing leaves and stencils onto eco dyed clothes again!

I did my last fabric printing day before my craft stall last week - and boy was it hot out in the carport! The weather is stinking up here, I can't wait for the rain to come.
As before, I had some plain clothes and some shirts that I had dyed that hadn't come out with strong patterns that could use something extra.
The metal circle printed well on this linen top, but everything else is a bit vague.

None of the stencils that I had suited, so I went and clipped a small palm frond from the garden instead.

I rolled paint over the top of it to create an outline and was very happy with it.

Looks like a different shirt now, huh? Very tropical!

What I did on another shirt was to then turn the leaf over and press it down to create a print.

I love the detail that came through.

I'm not responsible for the dye on this shirt, but I'm really happy with the overall look now.

And with this other one, too. Layers of leaves on this one.

The leaf got a lot of use!

 Other shirts got lino prints.

Simple but effective. I thought about layering colours of these prints, but decided it was too much.

And of course my favourite - the bush chook. Though I printed them in brown this time instead of black.

To get the two colours I tape over the legs, print the body, and then remove the tape to do the second colour.

The brown goes well with the eco dye.

Not to mention on other colours.

 My sundew stencil also got a workout.

 These pants are now officially funky - pity they're too small for me!

 A few little arrows on this one in the small blank bit. The bike chain links printed well on this shirt.

 These may need some more work, but they remind me of gardening around my place.

Hopefully someone will enjoy owning them as much as I have enjoyed making them.
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Dyeing, dyeing, always eco dyeing - this time silk dresses!

Take a gorgeous silk dress with gold embroidery:

Fill it with gum leaves, grevillea leaves, tea leaves and rusty objects:

Wrap it into a tight bundle:

Repeat with the second silk dress:

Lots more grevillea leaves on this one:

Wrap it around a rusty piece of metal:

And once both are wrapped, boil them in gum leaf dye for an hour.

They looked promising on the line afterwards:

Drying - love that copper!!

 Promising colours and patterns:

There's green in there, even after a wash in the machine!

Nice mix of copper, grey and black.

 Check out the spring:

 And the results... blown away!

Have to try that one again!

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