After visiting Provence, in the South of France, and seeing Shabby Chic style furniture comfortably settled into Ochre washed stone homes, I became inspired to explore my creativity in a new way. I have enjoyed the magic of growing plants that can be used to dye wool and cloth with the subtle colours of nature for many years. I wanted to use my skills and create items for the home using natural colours and recycled materials. Natural plant dyes, Ochre pigment and Lime wash combined help me create the Shabby Chic style I so enjoyed seeing when I was in France. Why not bring that natural comfortable style into my home in Shetland? Here I share the ideas and work that has evolved into Shabby Chic Shetland.

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Recycling jars to vases Shabby Chic style

Natural Dye and Ochre Pigment.....


Using the Ochre pigment to colour paper to make Shabby Chic style vases for the Shetland wool flowers. These have been created using wool dyed with plants grown in the Spindrift dye garden.