Extreme Hearts the Beginning

Constructed cloth with silk throwster's waste dyed 
Cochineal, madder, and lac dyes.

January 2014

There WILL be some of this happening in my wet studio next week!  Natural dye extracts painted onto silk fabrics.

Upcoming Challenges at the Academy!!!

Upcoming Challenges at the Academy

Marigold 30-Day Cold Dye Challenge Begins January 1st

Extreme Embroidery Extreme Hearts Challenge Begins January 11th
Join us at the Natural Surface Academy for Extreme Hearts Challenge for Valentines Day!!!  In this challenge we will be using our Natural and eco Dyed fibers, threads, ribbons, and fabrics to create constructed cloth for a one-of-a-kind heart for that special someone!



Constructed Cuff Challenge Begins January 18th
Join us at the Natural Surface Academy for Constructed Cloth Cuff Challenge for Valentines Day!!!  In this challenge we will be using our Natural and eco Dyed fibers, threads, ribbons, and fabrics to create constructed cloth for a one-of-a-kind wearable art for that special occassion!

To learn more about the Natural Surface Academy and how to join, click here.

Academy Membership Special Pricing Ends Soon!!!

The Natural Surface Academy

Membership Special

 

Natural dye painted cotton fabric. 

Cochineal, osage orange, and charcoal.

 

Offer Ends January 1st, 2014!!!

Learn more here

 

Madder root, cochineal, and logwood

on silk charmuse and silk crepe de chine fabrics.

 

Deconstructed screen printing with newsprint and ink on cotton.

 

 

Holiday Sale ~ Academy Memberships and More!!!

Holiday Sale ~ 2013!!!

 

 

Holiday Sale in my BigCartel Shop!!!

 

10% Off

All Orders $50 or More!!!

Enter "Ten" Into the Discount Box.

 

30% Off

All Orders of $300 or More!!! 

Enter "Thirty" into the Discount Box.

Natural Surface Academy Special Offer Extended!!!

Natural Surface Academy

Membership

Special Offer Extended

 

$599.00 $299.00 Until Midnight!!!

 

 

Click here for Offer

Natural Surface Academy Special Offer

Natural Surface Academy

Membership

Special Offer Extended

$599.00 $299.00 Until Midnight!!!

 

 

Click here for Offer

CYBER MONDAY! Natural Surface Academy Special Offer!!!

**Cyber Monday**

 

 

Natural Surface Academy Membership

Special Offer

$299.00

 

Offer Ends at Midnight December 3rd!!!

Membership Regular Price $599.00

The Natural Surface Academy Black Friday Special!!!

 

 

 

Tired of your Natural Dyed Fabrics looking like everyone else's??? 

Then join me at the Natural Surface Academy in 2014 where we will push the rubicon in Surface Design with Natural Dyes, Rust, Fabric Paints, PaintStiks, Gutta, Shibori, Ink, and More, to create work that is unique to you!!!

The Natural Surface Academy



Wanted to join the Academy to learn about producing all of this yummy fabric, but was afraid to do so because of the price?  Today's your chance to join us in 2014 at HUGE discount!  49% off the regular price to be exact! ($599.00)

Learn More Here!!!

 



 


As part of your membership you will have access to my DVD's, videos, eBooks, online classes (self-paced)  and workshops (scheduled), and most importantly to ME!!!  I will help you take your Natural Dyed Fabrics to the next level be it surface design techniques or stitching, I can help you obtain your goals.

HandsCompost, Rust, and Natural Dyed Silk Organza Net.

Learn More Here!!!

Corn Head Girl

Natural Dyed Cotton and Silk Fabrics.  Machine Stitched.

 

 

Black Friday Sale!!! eBooks, DVD's, Academy, and More!

Black Friday Sale 2013!!!

 

Mark Making with Nature

DVD Set $69.95

Digital Download $39.95

eBook Combo $19.95

 

The Natural Surface Academy

Black Friday Membership Sale!!!

$299.00 (non-refundable)

Join me and other artists in 2014! 

We will be taking fabric from ordinary to extraordinary!!!

 

Stitched Stories, Mix Media Prints,

Fabric Bundles and More!!!

Available in My Shop

 

 

 



Marigolds and More!!!

 My first ever newsletter went out this afternoon!  I will be sending one out once a week from here on out, now that I've spent some time learning how to use MailChimp.

Here are a few of the things discussed in my newsletter in case you missed it!

 

I am inviting you to join me at the Natural Surface Academy in 2014 to participate not only in the Marigold Project BUT to also unleash that creative prowess you know is lurking deep inside of you!

 

• 2014 will start off with a Splash as we work on our 30-Day Cold Dyeing Project, I will be using both marigolds AND madder root with Wool, Silk, and Cotton Fibers.
•  
• We will go to extremes with our natural dyed fabrics, fibers, yarns, and more in my Extreme Embroidery class! 
•  
• Get down and get gellied when we print fabric and paper with natural dyes using a Gelatine Plate for printing!
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• And this is only the beginning! 

30 Day Challenge Samples

Samples from 1998 from previous 30 Day Cold water trials.  These will be  used for the 30 Day Challenge I'm holding at the Natural Surface Academy this winter.  I will put my notes into an eBook for Academy members, along with scans of the samples.

The Natural Surface

Making some major changes at the Natural Surface!!! 

 

 

Red Oak Leaves

The leaves on my red oak are especially brilliant this year, I suspect it is due to the late season rains after a long hot drought this summer.  I will make some bundles using the bright yellow leaves this week and will report back on the colors achieved.

Mark Making with Nature DVD Pre-Sale

Mark Making with Nature DVD Pre-Sale!!!

 

$39.95

Click here for details!

Not Permanent

Hostas do not provide a permanent color but they certainly inspiring!

Gelatine Plate Printing with Natural Dyes

This is from several years ago, I have a geliplate my best friend Brenda got me for xmas last year that I really, really need to use! I'm thinking some earth pigments and my Black Birds in Tree stencil onto fabric for starters.  The plate in the above photo I made myself, here I'm using lace and trims as resists for the print which I made onto fabric.

Cotton fabric, that I do believe I compost dyed, osage orange on the gelatin plate with some lace trims gave a nice resist pattern.  After curing and washing the osage orange color is about 30% of it's orignal brightness on cotton fabric.  Now to find this piece of fabric in my stash and audition some threads for stitching.

Mark Making with Nature Super SALE!!!

Mark Making with Nature DVD & eBook 

Super Sale!!!

 

Ends at Midnight!!!

 

Click here to find out more!

 

 

Learn how to screenprint, mono-print and so much more with Natural Dyes!

Mark Making with Nature eBook Combo Sale

Mark Making with Nature eBook Blowout!!!

Three Days Only!!!

Sale ends October 31st, 2013

 

 

Mark Making with Nature DVD

Pre-Order Mark Making with Nature Today!!!

Reserve your DVD today!

See website for details!!!

 

Will be available for digital download on November 15th, 2013!

MMWN DVD Coming Soon!!!

 

Am pleased to announce that my DVD

Mark Making with Nature

will available as a digital download and soon!

FREE: Getting Started with Natural Dyes eBook

 

FREE!!!

Getting Started with Natural Dyes eBook

 

Three Days Only!!! 

 

 http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/e-Books.htm

Fall Colours

September is drawing to an end, so thought I would post some fall colours!

Rust on hand dyed cotton fabric.
 
I do believe I dyed this with MX dyes back around 1994,  before I became allergic.  Anyway, I love the colors of this piece, as the leaves start to change I will take some photos, do some color studies and use some of this fabric as it's wanting to be stitched and oh so badly.

Studio Rag

The colors are a deep camel and pale yellow, the yellow doesn't show up well in this image due to the poor lighting in my office.  Natural dyes on cotton.

Woad and Indigo Blog Crawl 2013

List of participating blogs so far, if you have a blog and are working with indigo or woad and would like to be included please let me know!

Janet ~ www.starrynightalpacas.com
Ulrike - http://nemo-ignorat.typepad.com/nemo-ignorat/ 
Diana ~  http://dyeing2weave.wordpress.com 
Terri ~  http://terrilipman.blogspot.com

Woad and Indigo Blog Crawl

I will be posting the list of participating blogs later tonight!

How does a Blog Crawl Work?

???

How does a blog crawl work?  What happens is come late Friday night I put up a list on my blog of all of the participating blogs in the blog crawl.  Then those participants copy that list from my blog and post it to their blogs.  This allows for the blog crawl, featuring Woad and Indigo, to go viral!  There are many artists working with Woad and Indigo this month so I'm hoping that those who are will participate so that we can show the world the beautiful fabrics and fibers being dyed with woad an indigo!

Hope you participate as well.

Woad and Indigo Blog Crawl

I will be hosting and blog crawl for Woad and Indigo this coming weekend, August 30th!  If you'd like to participate just let me know via the comments section.

Indigo and rust on cotton fabric.

Common Phlox

Common Phlox Phlox divaricata

Not worth my time collecting to use in a dye pot, any color it would yeild would fade in a matter of days, if not hours.  The stems would yeild a weak yellow at best.  But given the current extreme heat Iowa is experiencing it is one of the few plants that has survived in my garden without needing watering.

Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques eBook

If you purchased a copy of my eBook "Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques" last year through Kindle and it is corrupted please let me know and I will send you a replacement copy!

This eBook is Currently ON SALE

for $3.99

Indigo Blog Crawl Continues!

This month's particpants will be listed over several posts since it's easier to list them this way than to keep updating an older post.

Diana de Souza http://dyeing2weave.wordpress.com  - Diana will be starting a Garcia vat this week so check back often to watch her progress!

This months Blog Crawl entails dyeing with Indigo.  I will be updating the list throughout the weekend.

Ulrike - http://nemo-ignorat.typepad.com/nemo-ignorat/

Indigo Dye Blog Crawl - Update

I will be listing participating blogs this evening!

August Natural Dye Blog Crawl and a Challenge

I will be posting Augusts blog crawl list on the 17th, and I'm adding a challenge for those that want to participate - Indigo. 

Dye something with indgo, but just don't stop there dye something with indigo and then overydye it with yet another dye.

Dog Transport eBook Special!!!

Dog Transport eBook Special!!! 

 

I've marked all four of my Natural Dyeing eBooks to the special price of $3.99 to help raise transport funds for Junior the labradoodle from Texas to Iowa!!! 

He also needs to be neutered once we get him here to Iowa, he's eight months old and the cute wore offso now he's coming to live with me, we will  have many years of happy walks together! http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/e-Books.htm

I will post a photo of the new pooch as soon as I have permission to do so, not everyone wants their images out on the net!

French Pearl Cotton Thread

Some vintage french pearl cotton thread I purchased at a local haunt today!  I am thinking of dyeing with indigo and then overdyeing with walnut hulls and leaves!

Natural Dye Blog Crawl - July 2013

Here is a list of some very beautiful blogs that feature natural dyeing!!! 

Ulkie http://nemo-ignorat.typepad.com/nemo-ignorat/

Pallas www.animpartationofcolor.blogspot.com

Kate www.windsongfibersfarm.blogspot.com

Maggie  http://betterlivingthroughdyeing.blogspot.com/

Ann www.shroomworks.wordpress.com

Myra www.hookedanddyed.com

MJ http://naturaldye.tumblr.com/

Moya https://mojoquilts.wordpress.com

Diane http://dyeing2weave.wordpress.com

Deb http://debmcclintock.wordpress.com/

Kimberly http://thenaturalsurface.blogspot.com/

Trace http://www.soewnearth.blogspot.com

Ladka www.mamaladka.blogspot.com

Liz http://digitalgardener.wordpress.com/

 

If you are a natural dyer and would like to be included in this blog crawl list please let me know and I will add you to the list!

Natural Dye Blog Crawl

 

I'm putting together a natural dye blog crawl for next weekend, if you'd like to participate let me know @ prairiefibers@hotmail.com   I will list all participating blogs here on my blog starting Midnight (Iowa Central Time) July 27th!