Enchanted moss fae

I knew I wanted to use all natural fabric and hand dyed everything. I also wanted to challenge myself not to buy any fabric. The wall I use was given to me I did have to process the sheep‘s wool first are used acorns in an iron solution to dye the under dress, and I Nuno felt it silk and wool with a resist technique. One of the challenges that came out of this was finding a resist that was large enough. I ended up using a piece of cardboard that I cut out then taped with packing tape. it is no longer usable, but it did work. This was also the first time I ever tried Nuno felting, I actually put extra stitches in and places that are have a tendency to get more wear. Another challenge that came about was in winter trying to find a natural green dye without buying. So I did end up buying fiber, reactive dye along with a about a yard very thin, silk along with embroidery thread. I was able to keep in more sustainable utilizing used bedsheets for the under dress. It was the one that was dyed with the acorns and iron. I also hand embordered the bottom of the underdress and the sleeves. It is completely hand sewn as well with hand, sew button holes down the front and on the sleeves, so that the sleeves may be detachable. The front button holes utilize a twill tape because it was a fragile fabric I also tried to make different kinds of trees all the way around, the skirt and sleeves of the dress, but keeping within the same color, palette of browns and blue with a hint of purple. The over dress consisted of the wool and silk Nuno felted together, hand, dyed with a green and brown dye. I then boned it in the front stomach area and back, and also from the shoulder to breast on the right and left sides. It also has some embroidery as well I particularly like how the flowers came out.