This is an article I posted on the Fire blog in June. I thought I’d repeat it here in case some of you did not see it and are interested in my experiments with sun printing. I’ve done quite a bit of sun printing and am partial to a couple products (Setacolor Transparent and Dye-na-flow).…
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Sunday July Roundup
Good Morning all! It’s another lovely day here and I thought I’d post a little Sunday roundup. One of the big things I did this past week was clean out the front part of the garage which I use as my dye studio. I’m excited that it’s organized finally! I’ve been working on make some…
Read MoreFolding and Clamping: Itajime
I’ve really enjoyed trying some new (to me) techniques with my dyeing. Itajime, a shibori technique, involves folding fabric and then sandwiching it between two pieces of wood or other material and holding the shapes with clamps. I bought these plexiglass pieces for this technique. You can get your own set from this Rossie’s etsy…
Read MorePreserving Botanicals
I really love to sun print, but I don’t like waiting for the ferns to be ready for my projects. I’ll be prepared next Spring and even now when I want to print and don’t want to take the time to forage through the garden. They are all waiting for me because I’ve preserved them!…
Read MoreAnother Round of Indigo Dyeing
I got out my Indigo dye pot the other day and had another round of indigo dyeing. They came out lovely and I just had to show them to you. This first one is scrunching from left to right. Then the swirl. This is an offset swirl. And the last one – looks like a…
Read MoreSun Shibori and more
It was so much fun to get out and sun print this past weekend. I’ve done a lot of sun printing with botanicals, but this time I wanted to try a shibori technique. My friend, Lisa Chin, demonstrated this on her webinar, Creating Prayer Flags with Sun Shibori and Stencils. It’s on sale right now!…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway #8
It’s time for the Printed Fabric Bee Giveaway! Susan Purney Mark was the queen bee this past month and she chose Industrial as her topic. I really loved this challenge. Industrial to me means lots of buildings, so I cut a stencil that looked like steel beams. Then I used Jacquard Color Magnet with my…
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