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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Harris, what a week! Got lucky with the weather and had these beaches to ourselves. Can hardly believe it.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It’s a prickly gather! One for early in the year when there isn’t much else about.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Gorse flower after an overnight soak. A richer orange than the sunny yellow expected. The fabric was mordanted back in October and I think that extra curing time has really helped the depth of colour. Prepping fabric for plant-dyes is really boring though so I never have enough stored.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

One of my favourites. Happily it retains a hint of that woodsy coconut scent when the fabric is spritzed with water and ironed. If I forget the plant I’ve used I can steam iron it to get a hint of what it is - every plant has its own signature. Some better than others (eg. NZ Flax, not so nice)

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A sunny day gathering coconut-scented gorse for the first dye pot of the year. Grateful to have some mordanted linen ready to go (prepared with oak gall and aluminium acetate last year). Happy to be starting a new season of colour 💛

Bright yellow gorse flowers on a sunny March day in the NW Highlands.

Two stainless steel stock pots. One containing yellow gorse flowers that have been soaked in water, the second containing linen and the gorse flower water, which is dyeing yellow

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The start of new patchwork panels. Linen dyed with indigo, madder, meadowsweet, reed, oak gall.

A stack of linen squares in shades of blue, pink, grey, yellow and green. Dyed with plants and ready to patchwork.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Finished up this custom make, with patchwork panels dyed with madder, indigo, meadowsweet and logwood. Winging its way to new owner now 🌿

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It was lovely in the sunshine, but it’s still big coat weather for the brief rain showers scooting through 🩵✨

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Along the shoreline this afternoon to a favourite spot.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

In progress, snippets of plant-dyed linen becoming bag panels. Including indigo, meadowsweet, reed flower and madder.

The reverse side of a patchworked piece, showing triangles of linen stitched together with ironed seam allowance

Linen triangles patchworked into a muted but striking palette of blues, yellows and pinks

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A few new bags finished up today featuring fern fronds, bamboo stripes and pine trees. www.redrubyrose.com

A handmade shoulder bag featuring a velvet printed panel of pine trees in a brown and black colour way

A handmade shoulder bag featuring a velvet printed panel of a fern frond in a gold, brown and black colourway

A handmade shoulder bag featuring a velvet printed panel of bamboo stems in a muted green, blue and brown colourway

A handmade shoulder bag featuring a velvet printed panel of a fern frond in a brown, gold, green and black colourway

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Along the shoreline this afternoon. Low sunshine, oystercatchers calling and high tide treasures.

A collection of barnacles clustered on an inky shoreline rock

Tiny pink translucent scallop shell amongst shell debris

Coastline scene in NW Scotland. Foreground rocks and seaweed looking across the sea to Skye.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It was a very short adventure- absolutely freezing easterly wind!

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Three weeks on from my last visit to Inverewe garden and the early blooms are here along with some lovely dappled light. A magic place off season ✨

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Out on the kayak today. A sharper easterly wind than forecast on Loch Maree so just a short paddle and then a warming hot chocolate at Midge Bite cafe. Love these sunny winter days.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Applications are now open for the six month natural plant dyeing course at Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft. Run by fantastic tutors Jacqui Symons and Jenny Dean.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A few new makes listed on my website. These printed velvet zipper bags feature fern frond details from a recent visit to Inverewe garden.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Thank you, very much appreciated 💛

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Endless @extraunknown.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Cut little lichen tentacle 🐙 in a mossy crack

Close up of a mossy crack and what looks like to me a lichen tentacle. Theres a spikey dude in the corner looking pointy

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Definitely have to look harder at this time of year without the distraction of pretty blooms ✨

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Pattern and print inspiration at Inverewe garden yesterday.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Yes! The gorse here is just starting to flower so I will do some prickly pickings soon 💛✨

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This time of year is plant-dye hibernation for me. Back in October there were metres of silk drying in the breeze. This was a happy indigo leaf, logwood and willow combo.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Frosted twiggery beside Loch Luichart this afternoon. January sunshine is always a treat ✨

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Danna Ray @dannaray.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

winter beech study #wip

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elizaabenson @elizaabenson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Natural dyeing with buckthorn bark - a mix of different mordants and both fermented and non-fermented vats.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Winter light on the beach, my favourite. Big Sand, NW Highlands ✨

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Ferns, lichen, feathers and twiggery 🌿 just finished up this batch. www.redrubyrose.com

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

That’s so kind, thank you 🌿

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Patchwork shoulder bags are now listed. Snippets of madder, indigo, meadowsweet and oak gall on this one 🌿

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MickWard @mawward.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Delighted with the post today!Thanks Rowena @redrubyrose.bsky.social Exquisitely crafted.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I want to make more but they take so long 😂 don’t think I’ll be making a quilt any time soon.

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This patchwork shoulder bag will be part of a mini-shop update on Sunday eve. The dyed linen panels include indigo, meadowsweet, oak gall, madder and heather. www.redrubyrose.com

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Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Although the Japanese indigo has mainly died back after the icy weather there were enough leaves today to dye this silk ribbon 🩵

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