Yesterday morning was a great time to work in the yard and also get some pictures of our work in progress. It was warm but overcast – perfect for pictures. The blueberries are really doing great this year. Can’t wait until they ripen. I’ve been in the process of moving some of my favorite irises…
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Put a bird on it
In our last session of the Intuitive Art Class, Ronda, who you’ve seen on this blog here and here, gave me these metal birds and a cherry she made from soda cans. She’s so talented! She had seen all of the stuff I had hanging from our cherry tree that the tree service cut down…
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Last Saturday I spent the day at Making Ends Meet in Shelbyville, Kentucky where Darci McKinnon taught us about soy wax batik. I took a picture of my friend Marilyn’s skillet because of her cool tools. The large spiral one I used on several of my pieces. Leslie is the owner of Making Ends…
Read MoreMixing Fiber Reactive Dyes
Even though I’ve been using fiber reactive dyes now for about two years, I’ve never mixed “pure” dyes to make specific colors. I always just bought the premixed colors. After taking Jane Dunnewold’s Craftsy class, The Art of Cloth Dyeing, I thought I’d try to mix some with her formulas. On this day I dyed…
Read MoreIndigo Dye Play Date with Kathy
What a fun day! On Tuesday I drove over to Illinois to spend the day playing with my friend Kathy Sands and indigo dye. After mixing up the dye bath, we folded our fabric. Then we dipped them in the dye bath. After taking them out of the dye, we unfolded them and placed them…
Read MoreCraftsy Class Review: The Art of Cloth Dyeing
I’ve been dyeing fabric now for almost two years. Just before that time I received Jane Dunnewold’s Art Cloth to review. With review books I can choose to give them away or keep them. I gave Art Cloth away on this blog because I thought I’d never really get into dyeing. I was wrong! So…
Read MoreStand and Pour Fabric Dyeing
If you have been following my blog, you know I’m on a fabric dyeing kick. I still had some dye concentrate left after my low immersion dyeing so I had to try something else. In Frieda Anderson’s “Fabric to Dye For” she covers Stand and Pour fabric dyeing technique which I thought would be fun…
Read MoreLow Immersion Dyeing
UPDATE: Check out my 2019 post on Low Immersion Dyeing. I won “The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art” by Susan Stein quite a while back from Lindsey on the Craftside blog. The book includes over 40 techniques with wonderful step-by-step pictures and clear instructions. While planning my dyeing day a couple weeks ago I…
Read MoreDyeing with Colorhue
In my quest to find and try different supplies to experiment with, I ran across a video about Colorhue dyes. Before I get to the tutorial, here are a couple of my new dyed silk scarves. According to the manufacturer’s directions, these dyes are instant-set and can be used on silk, linen, wool, and rayon.…
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