| Week | Weekly Activity | Weekly hours | Cumulative hours |
| Week 1 | Designing and editing contract | 5 | |
| Planning Oaxaca trip, flights & details | 9 | ||
| Assisting in bouquet making for Food Bank/collecting passing flowers / planning for Food Literacy Day | 6 | ||
| Food Literacy Day/collecting farm ‘waste’ | 5 | ||
| Researching Flower based natural dyes specifically Dahlias | 2 | ||
| Preparing, sorting and making dye (Dahlias) | 6 | ||
| Finding upcycled fabrics/preparing fabrics | 5 | ||
| Researching sustainable local fabrics/ pigments for winter (ex: mushrooms) | 2 | ||
| Built drying rack for fabrics | 1 | ||
| Created ToLiveAndDye instagram account- made 3 posts- followed/looked into other similar accounts | 3 | ||
| Meeting/class /blog post | 4 | 48 | |
| Week 2 | Mushroom hunting
Lichen Foraging Visited various community gardens gathering garden ‘waste’ |
2
2 6
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| sorted flowers/drying/freezing/blending | 3 | ||
| Dyed fabrics with dyes I prepared last week | 3 | ||
| prepared plum dye
Researched Cochineal /plant profile meeting with Sarah/studying abroad office/filling out paperwork |
4
2 3
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| uploading photos for future posts
Making grape dye making carrot dye Searching for up-cycled drying/storage Reading articles on clothing waste emissions |
2
3 2 1 2.5
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| working on blog
dye workshop in Seattle |
2
4 |
41.5 |
week 4:
- dye fabrics with plum dye 6
- research plum dye/history/science 4
- collect flowers/volunteer 4
- plan trip 3
- blog post 4
- take/upload photos 3
- meeting at school 1
- read/research food waste 3
- watch WastEd 2
- email companies/farms 2
- research books/buy 1
Cumulative for week: 33 hours
Cumulative for total (4) weeks: 162.5
Week 5
- blog post 2 hours
- mid quarter eval 2 hours
- preparing for travel/research 4 hours
- Reading about Oaxaca 9 hours
- studying marigolds/brazilwood 4 hours
- make blueberry dye 2 hours
- dye fabrics with blueberry 4 hours
- take photos 1 hour
- contact people to be models .5 hours
- research other up-cycling artists 1 hour
- freeze/dry flowers .5 hours
- research farms/business to visit 3 hours
- real on plane/organize photos 6 hours
- emails .5
Total for week: 39.5 Cumulative (5 weeks) : 202
Week 6:
- Workshops: 20 hours
- gathering wild plants 3
- Textile Museum 2
- Visiting textile/dye families/studios 6
- Cultural education 5
- organizing/editing photos on plane 6
- blog post work 2
Total for week: 44 Cumulative (week 6) 246
Week 7:
- meetings 4 hours
- making dye 4
- researching flower waste 3
- researching clothing waste 3
- watching documentaries 6
- listening to ted talks 4
- blog post 2
- photo work 2
- researching natural dye paints 2
- researching cochineal 3
- gathering mordant fabric 2
- dyeing silk scarves 3
- researching silk 2
- dyeing with old indigo 1
- preparing pomegranate 1
- researching avocados 1
Cumulative weekly hours: 43 Cumulative (7 weeks) 289
Week 8
- blog post 3
- making pomegranate dye 2
- mordant experiments 3
- making dye/dyeing fabrics 9
- researching Uganda textiles 2
- fabric search/purchasing 3
- fixing camera 2
- trying to fix bib/insta 3
- emails 1
- conference 9.5
- meeting 2
- photos 2
Cumulative weekly hours: 41.5 (monday off) Cumulative (8 weeks) 327.5
Week 9:
- Finishing dye projects 10
- blog posts 6
- power point 5
- looking at other students work 2
- working on my dye book 3
- researching dye techniques 2
- natural dye Instagram 4
- taking/ uploading photos 4
- camera work 1.5
- meetings 2
- reading 4
- watching doc 4
cumulative weekly 47.5 cumulative total : 375
Week 10:
- researching eco t-shirts 2
- ideas on business plan 2
- finishing posts 3
- evaluations 3
- power-point issues 1
- reading 3
- collecting onion skins .5
- organizing dye projects 3
- bibliography work 1
- finishing dye book 2
- presentations 2.5
- emails .5
- academic statement 2
- reviewing quarter 1
- researching dyes in Uganda .5
Week 10: Cumulative weekly: 27 cumulative total: 402 ( in reality way over that)