Fancy building your own indigo vat? Guernsey growers Bailiwick Blue now have this season’s harvest in stock. Here is their paste drying, ready to package up, part of a 400kg leaf harvest. It never stays in stock for long. bailiwickblue.com/products/indig…

Privet berries make a beautiful blue ink but the colour didn’t take on silk. This silvery result is really rather beautiful regardless!

I love this testing of indigo leaf on silk by artist dyer Kristin Gardner. From one to ten layers, the darkest is a beautiful dusty blue. Fresh leaf will never create the deepest indigo blues of vatted indigo but it has its own blue beauty. fieldandgardner.com

This summer I’ve been dyeing many metres of silk. These I’ll use plentifully in bag batches over the winter months - my intention is to hoard less than last winter. Combinations here have the common theme of home grown fresh indigo leaf.

Looks lke a nce event. eventbrite.co.uk/e/grow-your-ow…

Just a note to all followers to say that Susan has been taken into hospital with a stomach cancer so all Nature's Rainbow activities are now on indefinite hold. If you want to know more can I please ask that you look at my personal Facebook page. facebook.com/profile.php?id… Ashley

I'm sorry to have to let our Twitter followers know that Susan died on Friday 4th November 2024. She died at home with her hands in mine.

This is an account of Susan's final 3 months. It was difficult to write and will be difficult to read. I wrote it as a coping strategy but I hope it will also help some people. naturesrainbow.co.uk/2024/12/susan-…

The growing Ability team show off the plant dyed bunting Susan helped them create.

This is an interview with Susan and myself done some years ago by Britt Bowles of The Facebook page Indigo Extraction Methods. It may be the best recording I have of Susan. youtu.be/EeMMV6kVl0s?fe…

mailchi.mp/naturesrainbow… Please click on this link to see invite to Celebration of Susan's life on the 18th May and details of the order of events. All who knew Susan are invited.