Before and After, or A Stitch Before Dyeing (booooooo)

I've been making these pins out of layers and layers of linen ... sewing them with my machine plus adding some rough hand-stitching ... and sometimes using rubber stamps that I've carved over the years. This is what they look like all raw and white (and sometimes baby aspirin orange and pink - I had scraps to use up!) and then, poof — post hand-dyeing.

it's okay: purple linen brooch
with fringe on top

linen brooch with hand stitching
and winged skull

it's okay: purple linen brooch

pushing — linen brooch with
scarab beetle and dung ball