Blue Red Absract

Blue red abstract made and designed by Clare Hutchinson Skipton Nth Yorkshire.

I dreamed of a nice soft proddy rug to step onto when I got out of bed each morning. It needed to be the same colours as the velvet quilt which I hand dyed and quilted several years ago. So using an assortment of old blankets and various charity shop tweeds, I set to work with the dye pots. A 100% Merino wool Harrods blanket, a real find from a local Charity Shop and bright pink, took the dyes beautifully, even the blues.

During the dyeing process I used a variety of shades or red, orange, blue and turquoise, some of which I 'spotty dyed' as per Cilla's instructions. Even though I used acid dyes for the rug and reactive dyes for the quilt, the colours were much the same and I was thrilled with the result.

As I find pushing pieces of fabric through from the back of the hessian rather hard on my hands, I used my 'Bodger' (spring-hook tool) to make the rug. I am very pleased with the result and it is such a welcome sight when I get out of bed each morning!