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Firsts and More Colors

By: Lynda April 19, 2021

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I’ve continued on with my low immersion dyeing of my dyes. What has been really challenging is to photograph the browns. They’ve been dyed for a week, but still not able to get a good picture. But that will come.

Dyeing and More

By: Lynda April 12, 2021April 16, 2021

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I’ve been wanting to make a dye sampler book for years, so I can tell exactly how the colors look when low immersion dyed. Some I’ve know, but the majority I have no idea how they will look dyed without ice. I purchased most of my dyes (fiber reactive dyes) so students of my Icy…

Love Old Hankies

By: Lynda May 8, 2020May 10, 2020

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I absolutely love old hankies. And I love to dye them. There is nothing like pulling a bit of color out of my purse or pocket on a cold dreary day to wipe my nose!

Dyeing cotton vs 50/50

By: Lynda April 30, 2019May 6, 2019

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I really like dyeing t-shirts for Dave. He knows to buy 100% cotton ones since fiber reactive dyes are made to work on natural fibers. Well, he’s been taken lately with 50/50 shirts.

How to: Low Immersion Dyeing

By: Lynda March 31, 2019April 6, 2019

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When I first started dyeing years ago I posted about low immersion dyeing. Since that time I’ve learned a lot and decided to share how I now do this type of dyeing. Also, I had several readers email me asking about low immersion. Like other dyeing, there are lots of ways to do this. Mine…

Dyeing Dawn’s Dyes

By: Lynda March 24, 2019December 30, 2019

dyeing, low immersion, tutorialsfiber reactive dyes, old dyes, testing old dyes, tutorial15 Comments

I am such a lucky duck! My friend Dawn gave me these old dyes recently. So today I’m showing you my results with dyeing Dawn’s dyes.

Printing on Cotton Lawn

By: Lynda October 26, 2018November 9, 2018

dyeing, Fabric paint, foam stamps, low immersion, SewingDesignmatterstv, foam stamps, infinity scarf, low immersion dyeing6 Comments

I must tell you that I had no idea how much I would love printing on cotton lawn! What is cotton lawn? It’s a wonderful, somewhat sheer cotton fabric that is softer than quilting cotton, but sews up just as easy! It is used for summer clothing. I saw a tutorial on Designmatterstv, where Laura…

Spinner Art Revisited

By: Lynda July 1, 2018August 10, 2018

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In 2012 I wrote an article on Spinner Art for the June/July issue of Quilting Arts magazine. I also wrote a blog post Here and recorded a video using Sharpies Here.

Muck Dyes Visited

By: Lynda May 8, 2018May 12, 2018

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If you are a customer of Dharma Trading, you will see from time-to-time muck dyes for sale. Muck dyes are dyes that they make in limited quantities and can’t be reproduced. They are CHEAP! For these I paid between $4.50 and $5 for 8 oz. Usually these fiber reactive dyes run, depending on color, between…