Last week I visited my friend Dawn, who is a local artist. Dawn loves to work with scraps. She had told me awhile back that she had some scraps for me to dye for both of us. Of course, I wasn’t expecting it to be three large bags!
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Natural Dyeing with Brandywine Viburnum Berries
You know I love to dye, but I’ve never been a fan of natural dyeing except for Indigo. I’ve been seeing a lot of natural dyeing lately so I thought I’d try it again, and include a little tutorial. There are lots of ways to dye naturally. This is just one way.
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How To: Rust Dyeing Again
After trying rust dyeing several years ago, I thought I’d give it another try. Here is my post from 2015.
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Dyeing White on White/ Black on White
I haven’t purchased much commercial fabric since I really enjoy dyeing, but when I’m in a fabric store I always check out the white on white and black on white fabric. These are pretty as is, but I like them much better with color. Since I’m into turquoise, I dyed these pieces with that color…
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Trying to Dye Lace
Over the years I’ve bought lace. Some came from a variety of stores (one specifically in Hawaii) and thrift stores. My idea of buying lace was to use it as a stencil. See my tutorial here about that. That was fun, but I also wanted to dye it. I assumed in the beginning of my…
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Old Liquid Dyes
Since I’ve been dyeing quite a bit I’ve had several readers contact me about how long they can keep dye water. I just happen to have several bottles that have been sitting in my studio in the garage for almost a year. You might notice that the bottle on the right says yellow, but it’s…
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The last of the colors
OMG! It’s been so much fun to get back into dyeing. I dyed 61 colors. So here they are!
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Dyeing Embellishments and more
To switch gears a bit, I wanted to show you some extras I dyed while dyeing those fat quarters.
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Firsts and More Colors
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.
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