Tinctorium - The Medieval Dyer's Garden Mandala by Chatelaine Designs 2014
It depicts a garden for plants used for dying. In the Medieval ages, people made the most of all plants and herbs. Of course for meals and healing purposes, but as well herbs, plant parts, and fruit were used to dye spun threads and woven fabrics to beautiful colors.
I have designed this piece with a color “circle” in mind – from yellows over oranges to red, to purple, to blues and greens. If you ever dyed your threads yourself with any plant matter, you will know that the colors are mostly soft, natural, and just beautiful – nothing flashy in natural dyes…
Specialty Threads:
6 skeins Caron Collection Waterlilies
1 skein Caron Collection Wildflowers
4 cards Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid
1 card Rainbow Gallery Whisper
2 cards Rainbow Gallery Petite Silk Lame
6 skeins Dinky-Dyes Silks
1 skein EdMar Rayon
3 skeins Dinky Dyes Silk Perle
Gloriana Threads:
9 skeins Gloriana Threads Silks
1 skein Gloriana Luminescence
1 skein Gloriana Princess Perle Petite
2 skeins Gloriana Florimell
Bead Pack:
9 colors Delica Beads
5 colors Swarovski Bicones
Vitrail Med Flowers
Aqua Heart
1 color Bugle Beads
Suggested Fabric: 27" x 27" Antique White Belfast
