Tub Dyeing with Wonder Washer

When I’m not ice dyeing, I usually low immersion dye which often produces uneven color which I love. Here is an old blog post on low immersion. However, there are times when I want uniform or solid color. For those of you not familiar with dyeing, the best way to get uniform color is tub…

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Printed Fabric Bee: Found Object Marks

This past month’s The Printed Fabric Bee challenge topic was Found Object Marks. Leslie Jenison the Queen Bee, chose this topic, requesting neutrals with a pop of color on an 8 x 18 piece of fabric. Before I show you the collection that will be given away, here is my piece and my process. I started…

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Printed Fabric Bee/Giveaway: Sunflowers

November’s topic for The Printed Fabric Bee challenge was Sunflowers. Susan Purney Mark was the Queen Bee this past month and she requested in addition to sunflowers, a 6 x 24 piece of fabric in oranges, greens, and/or browns. We are again giving away a collection of 6 x 6 pieces. Information on the giveaway…

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Removing color with deColorant

Now that the exhibit is up (yeah!) it’s time to get back to playing. Talking about the exhibit, since it’s a study in fabric surface design, my cases in the show display several different techniques. You know I’m all about the process. One of the techniques I showed was discharge using deColorant. If you aren’t…

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