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Leni connects us with textile craft and with the soil, growing natural dye plants in their garden to share.
Leni a textile artist working with natural dye and quilting. They began delving into these crafts as a way to find connection and belonging, as their family has a strong history in textile arts. Their process begins by searching for pre-loved natural fibre fabrics. Their garden provides colour in through the flowers they grow, and food scraps such as onion skins. After new colourful life is given to the second-hand fabrics through various natural dye processes, Leni stitches them into quilts by hand. Alongside sustainable, patient practice, community, transparency and accessibility live at the core of their teaching.
Using flowers grown in Leni’s garden, we will bundle dye tea towels or pillow cases! This process is beginner friendly and suitable for children with adult supervision. Pre-mordanted tea towels or pillow cases and all other materials will be provided. We won’t do a mordanting demonstration in this class but Leni will discuss the entire preparation process and after treatment. Everyone walks away with a dyed tea towel or pillow case of their own design!
Bundle Dying Tea Towels
Saturday November 8th
4pm - 6pm
Toi Pōneke
Bundle Dying Pillow Cases
Thursday November 20th
4pm - 6pm
Toi Pōneke
Patchworking with Naturally Dyed Fabrics
Thursday December 18th
4pm - 6pm
Toi Pōneke
Leni has plenty of naturally dyed fabric off cuts that are waiting to be made into something beautiful! In this workshop Leni will guide us through beginner friendly stitching techniques, for patchworking outside of traditional pre-planned quilting styles. This process offers us lessons for everyday life; accepting things as they are, being open to change, letting go of perfection, and going with the flow. All materials and tools are provided