This past month’s The Printed Fabric Bee challenge topic was Geometric Forms. Gerrie Congdon, the Queen Bee, chose this topic, but left the colors up to us. Before I show you the collection that will be given away, here is my piece and my process. I started with this piece I dyed rust with fiber…
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Rust Dyeing
After seeing some lovely rust-colored fabric I finally tried my hand at rust dyeing. I used this old rusty chain that has been sitting outside the garage for a long time. Every time I have walked by it I thought about rust dyeing. So let’s get started. Here is what you need: fabric, dyeing container,…
Read MoreMarch Sun Printing
It’s pretty unheard of around here to sun print in March. However, the sun was out, the wind was calm, and it was 60 degrees so I thought I’d test it. I’ve not had much luck when the temperature is not real warm and the humidity is low. Anyway, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Challenge: Forest Floor
This month’s Printed Fabric Bee’s queen Carol Eaton chose as our challenge “The Forest Floor.” We could choose whatever colors we wanted to use. Here is the collection of giveaway fabric. See giveaway information below. I started with a piece of fabric I had low immersion dyed with turquoise and orange. Next I stenciled the…
Read MoreFabric Printing At Home Blog Hop
Congratulations to Dawn Jones and Carole Gold! Today is my day for the blog hop for this fun fabric surface design book. We’ll be giving two copies of this book – one from me and one from the publisher. See information below. I reviewed this book a couple months ago on this post. Today I’ll…
Read MoreSoy 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…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway: Petroglyphs
Congratulations to Janice Novachcoff of Detroit who won this beautiful collection. This past month I had the honor of being the Queen Bee for The Printed Fabric Bee. For my month I picked petroglyphs as my topic. I fell in love with this type of art when Dave and I vacationed in the Southwest several…
Read MoreUsing Cleanline resist
I have been hunting for a good water soluble resist. I’ve used blue school glue and it works fine, but I wanted something a bit thinner. I have tried several bottles of Jacquard resist and have not been happy at all. It spread all over the place. I was told by a chemist at Jacquard…
Read MorePrinted Fabric Bee Giveaway #10
With this giveaway, we at the Printed Fabric Bee are completing our first year! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year. For me it has been a great experience to stretch myself – to force myself to use different colors and work with the monthly themes. As the months have passed I’ve seen my…
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