Rowena Dugdale

Plant dyes - all the colours achievable from leaf, flower and root within around a five mile radius. The red hot poker root was a gift from a friend on Skye but that’s only several miles across the water…

@JdEsterre A happy combo with the printed velvet. This was ordered by a fellow plant-dyer so extra pressure 😆

@redrubyrose_ This is so utterly beautiful 😍

The silverweed dyed linen in the finished bag ✨✨

@DrNWLuna Potentilla anserina, and I just use the leaf.

@redrubyrose_ Is this the same plant as Potentilla anserina or cinquefoil? Do you use the flowers or the roots as the dyestuff? Thx in advance.

Silverweed, a sunny dye ✨

@sarahduce Apparently tasting similar to parsnip, but I haven’t tried.

@redrubyrose_ One of the “seven breads” of the Hebrides. Their roots are more carb laden than potato, and were eaten during potato blight.

I needed a quick and easy yellow plant dye today. Didn’t fancy tackling the spiky gorse bushes so gathered this leaf instead. Silverweed, which grows plentifully along the shore 1/4

I pre-wetted the linen, and soaked the leaves in boiling water for a few hours then mixed them together and left the leaves in as they are easy to remove later. Will show colour tomorrow. 4/4

Grateful that I had some pre mordanted linen from last year, prepped with oak gall and aluminium acetate 3/4

Across the Sound of Raasay

The most exquisite examples of Mountain everlasting seen this week in a commonage in Co Galway. The number of petals! The colour! The intricacy of these beautiful flowers. #wildflowerhour

@HKW1981 That’s lovely of you to say, thank you.

@redrubyrose_ This is rather special

A constellation of alder leaves, on an inky hillside loch. This mini crossbody shoulder bag is one of a new batch of bags I’ve been working on this week. Available now on my website ✨✨

Website link here: redrubyrose.com

@FondofBluebells It may well end up that way 😆

@redrubyrose_ That looks remarkably like one of your lovely bags!

Rainclouds and reeds. This slow spring squall brought ethereal light conditions this evening. Accompanied by the soundtrack of cuckoo and squeaky snipe.

@Tashibite1 Been a bit quiet on that front, may pick some gorse this weekend ✨✨

@redrubyrose_ gorgeous photograph ! What new dies have you made! Haven’t seen you in my timeline since forever

@dcebikes It was very gentle spring rain, a fake squall!

@redrubyrose_ Great light! Get inside and batten down the hatches.

also, coos.

@CaitlinKellyNYC Fabulous news! It should soften a little too with use. Much appreciated.

Hey @redrubyrose_ it fits! Soooooo happy. Thank you and that lovely card.