Amy of Amy’s Creative Side is hosting the Blogger’s Quilt Festival. Bloggers can share up to two quilts by writing a new blog post for each quilt and linking to the festival link party. This is my very first time to enter. Most of the quilts are traditional, but as Amy said, there are no restrictions and…
Read MoreHappy New Year! I thought I’d start out the year with a tutorial on how to make these felt bookmarks. For the Girls Night Out group Christmas party I made everyone a felt bookmark. My goal was to highlight my ice dyed fabrics (and a piece of stamped fabric). I used my Scan N Cut…
Read MoreYesterday we celebrated Martha’s daughter turning one year old. For her party I wanted to give her something special from me. I’m not much of a seamstress so I can’t really sew her any clothing, but I sure can dye! I ordered several white tops online, so I’d have enough to play with and even…
Read MoreI’m so excited to be teaming up with Interweave to offer you a webinar on How to Dye Fabric with Ice: A fun & easy surface design technique on Tuesday, July 2 at 1 p.m. ET. A webinar is a live online seminar. You don’t need any fancy equipment to attend, just access to the…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreIt’s been awhile since I’ve been ice dyeing so I thought it was time to get back to it. Here are just a few of my results. The following was dyed using Pro MX Fiber Reactive Dyes on a half yard of fabric: 1/2 teaspoon of Red 505, 1/4 teaspoon of Blue 402c, and a…
Read MoreI’ve heard from several of you about your concerns with the precautions and the fabric prep you need to take with using fiber reactive dyes. Because of that I thought I’d try my ice dyeing process with Tulip® dyes. These dyes can be purchased at most local craft stores and even Walmart. And I just…
Read MoreIn my last ice dyeing adventure I stacked the fabric in a container. This time I thought I’d go back to my original ice dyeing procedure. I loved the “parfait” but wanted more control. Here are the three items I dyed. This shirt I purchased from Dharma Trading just waiting for my dye. A closer…
Read MoreLast year I played with snow dyeing fabric which resulted in some beautiful cloth. But when the snow was gone, I substituted ice cubes – a technique called ice fabric dyeing. That project resulted in me writing an article for Quilting Arts. After reading the new issue of Quilting Arts magazine where Carol Ludington showed…
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