Spinner Art with Soy Wax and Thickened Dye

I absolutely love playing with soy wax. Today we’re talking about using the Hasbro Spin-Art machine with soy wax and thickened dye.

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Spinner Art with Jacquard Water Based Resist

For this post I’m using Jacquard Water Based Resist with my spinner art. I really like using this product and unlike glue it is so easy to wash out of the fabric.

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Spinner Art with Glue and Spray Dye

In the first of the Spinner Art series I used glue as a resist and low immersion dyed. In this post I’m talking about using the glue, but spraying the dye on the fabric.

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Printed Fabric Bee: Ice Dyeing with Cleanline and Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED – Congratulations to Darcy Berg! This is the fourth and last in my series this month on using resists with ice dyeing. This is also posted on The Printed Fabric Bee blog. This is my last post for this month on ice dyeing with resists. Another resist that you can use with ice…

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Printed Fabric Bee: Ice Dyeing With Soy Wax

This is the second in my series this month on using resists with ice dyeing. This is also posted on The Printed Fabric Bee blog. As I mentioned in the first post, I’ve been ice dyeing since 2011 and have really loved the surprises from this fun dyeing technique. But as I’ve grown as an…

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Ice Dyeing Plus

Since I started ice dyeing back in 2011, I’ve really enjoyed the results from this simple technique. As I’ve continued on this fabric surface design journey, I find I want more texture. In this post I’ll show you three different techniques to add to ice dyeing. Back in February I showed you my ice dyed…

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Soy Wax and Ice Dyeing

Now that you know how to work with soy wax, why not add it to other techniques, specifically ice dyeing? If you’ve never ice dyed, check out my very first tutorial on ice dyeing. Ice dyeing is a bit different with soy wax because the fabric must be dry. The first step is to soda…

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Back To Basics: Soy Wax Batik

UPDATE: Check out this new soy wax tutorial from 2021. This year I’m started a new series of monthly “Back to Basics” posts which will include introductory information on different surface design techniques. I love to teach both through my blog and “live”, and thought these might be helpful for those of you out there…

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