Natures Rainbow

Natural Dye Workshops, Dye Plant Growers, Talks and Magazine Articles. We are Susan Dye and Ashley Walker. We are a little obsessed with natural dyeing!

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

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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.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

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. https://t.co/uZJbje0NvW

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

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

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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.
https://t.co/SluJRSWM5D

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

@vicki_dean1 The simplicity of it went deep to everyone's hearts and most said they have never attended a funeral as moving as this. When I looked up I saw faces all with the same expression, we were one in grief.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

Susan's shroud cover. Possibly it might upset some people but this is what Susan wanted and it's so her. Decorated by 4 people including myself. My mother did the lace leaves years ago before her death. She would have approved of their use here as she thought the world of Susan.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

@vicki_dean1 Thankyou Vicki
The funeral was extraordinary. Paired down to a simple burial there were a few words spoken by friends and family then the scattering of autumn leaves, flowers and symbols and then we covered the shroud with soil.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

The felt shroud cover was decorated with crochet vines and flowers, felt, plant dyed fleece and lacework leaves. Some of it was plant dyed but not all.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

Susan was buried at a green burial site at Letchworth Wilbury Hills cemetery on Friday 22nd November. She was just 60.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

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.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

a couple of hours with the kind help of Chris Nickolay.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

I don't think I'm going to be posting any more stuff about Susan's condition for a while as it's just too difficult. 3 days ago Susan was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and that means that there will only be palliative treatment. We don't yet have a prognosis but despite some

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

for all your messages of support. If you wish to know more or can offer some help then can I please ask you to contact us directly. We will be needing as much help as possible over the next weeks.
The photo here is of Susan me and David having escaped from the hospital for

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

@CrazyGrannyMe Thankyou. We can use as much as you have to spare at the moment as we had even more bad news yesterday. I'll be posting this soon.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

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. https://t.co/68orLfNUQ5
Ashley

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

@vicki_dean1 Thanks Viki
We can use as much as you have to spare at the moment.

[Rowena Dugdale @redrubyrose_]

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.

[Natures Rainbow @Walker55Ashley]

Looks lke a nce event.
https://t.co/LzAlGe2Cd1