You can't beat a hands-on workshop! It wouldn't have taken me over five years to learn how to dye (Eco-dye) if I had taken one or two hands-on workshops from the experts. For some strange reason, I thrive on teaching myself and learning as I go. Trial and error teaches you where you go wrong and mistakes you make along the way. But it's not for everyone. It's sometimes good to jump in and take a hands-on workshop from an expert. You do appreciate what experts have to go through to get where they are and why they are experts. I don't call myself an expert by any means. Learning is life long. When you stop breathing is when you stop learning! Anyway, what I want to say in this post is, I ran another Eco-dye workshop a couple of weeks ago. It was very successful and I learned a lot from it, hehe! I got inspired by the workshop and I haven't stopped dyeing ever since! So here are photos of many hands in action I took on the day. Thanks to all workshop participants for a fun day. You ladies were very creative and inspiring! Gentle hands revealing first bundle. I love this photo! Dyed fabric strung up to add to the dyeing atmosphere First batch was ready to reveal. Can you see colour seeping through? A great photo of such a simple process taken by Mary. Here are the sweet ladies in the workshop Everyone of these ladies is on Instagram. Do look them up on IG and see what other creative stuff they are into! From left is Jenny koolungamama, Mary maryhandweaver, Vic vic_pemberton, Jacky jacky_wllms, Kay shocking_hocking and Mel msmtan Head down, ready steady go ladies! Jacky unwrapping her bundle Close inspection! Wish you could hear the conversation that went on here! Love the hands! Too busy looking at the cloth to focus on the hands! At least five hands here! Purple carrot power! Can you see? Almost can't wait to open it! A great placement of leaves on this piece Great colour combination! This is the piece in the first photo I got all inspired after the workshop. The next day and with all the dye stuff still on the table I bundled up using the leftover leaves from the workshop. Below are some great results I got from that day. Eucalyptus leaves and seeds on Milky Merino Wool Eucalyptus leaves and seeds on Milky Merino Wool Beautiful texture made by eucalyptus seeds. Double print from Eucalyptus leaves on cotton So right and so red This could be leopard prints! Another piece printed with Eucalyptus leaves and seeds Sorry for a photo heavy post. There is so much I love sharing with you. I was happy that some lovely friends commented that my dye fabric has been colourful lately. I think it must be the winter leaves that I found all around my neighbourhood that have given me great colours! It has been cold and wet here these last two weeks. This coming weekend is the first weekend that we will have a bit of sunshine. Let's hope it happens! Until next time Nat