Product Introduction




PATCHWORK
APPLIQUE
SILK PAINTING




JACKETS

PLANT DYED SILK
HAND PAINTED SILK
Large patchwork panels in robes were
the first garments made in 2009.
LILAC LOTUS (see original robes)
Patchwork robe in lilac and white cotton, poly-cotton, and silk: featuring white cotton embroidery Anglais
Available in Shamanic Nights ETSY Shop
A few skirts are made each summer for Craft Fairs. Wraparound is easy for most sizes. Three 'Summer Blues' skirts are available.
TURQUOISE DREAMS Skirt
Viscose and silk voile, wrap around skirt with long sash.
Available by email but not in shop yet
Jerkin Dresses are made for mid seasons - Spring and Autumn, to wear with jumpers and leggings underneath. I combine colours with different top to skirt, with hem interest.
D'ARTAGNAN Jerkin Dress
Country-smart wool and corduroy jerkin style dress luxury embroidered brown 'shot' taffeta collar and belt.
Available in Shamanic Nights ETSY shop
PATCHWORK artistry
My love of recycling with patchwork explained in My Ethical Commitment.
Design Philosophy of combining fabrics: harmonising designs, choosing printed fabrics.
This patch arrangement forms two available dresses, also worn as skirts.
Cappuccino Coffee Cream
Shamanic Nights on ETSY (to add)
Hand Silk Dyeing 
Many plants will yield a gold or beige dye after soaking in water. Plant Dye Posts on this website give procedure guidelines from hand collected plants and seeds.
List of dye posts appear in Posts side bar. Examples: St. John's Wort, Comfrey, Walnut, Ladies Bedstraw, Avocado.
Silk Painting Examples:
HOPI BIRD Designs
Three variations with one idea based on
an abstract bird design on old Hopi pottery.
Available in Shamanic Nights ETSY Shop
The author dyes Ahimsa silk remnants acquired from a fashion maker, with plant leaf, seed and root dye stuffs. These pieces are painted over with designs to coordinate with the fabrics used in the patchwork garment. More info here. See blog Side Bar navigation Author's Plant Dye Processes for the many dye processes experimented with so far for example with walnuts.
Below images are from Flora Arbuthnot's Bundle Dye Workshop
Patchworks are somewhat like an area of mixed flowers. Asters and seed heads at Eden Project quarry garden in September. More floral photographs are on author's photography site Floral Galleries Resonant Visions
High resolution photographs printed up to 55 inches for wall art will become available to purchase later in 2021 on author's Resonant Visions photography site.
