A few weeks ago, some friends and I got together to dye some fabric! This low water immersion technique uses jam size glass jars, powdered dye, salt and pepper shakers and fat quarters to achieve some fantastic results! I used Dylon brand dyes, in Navy and Tulip Red, so I didn't have to use urea or soda ash in my mixture. You can see that some of the powders mixed together to create the purple hues, while spots of the "pure" colors remained. Click on the pics above to see the detail even better! Thinking it would be fun to have some more coordinating fabric dyed to match, I decided to try fat quarters with the solo colors. Tulip Red powder only: (Click on the pictures to see more detail and to read the captions!) Next, Navy Blue Powder only: (Click on the pictures to see more detail and read the captions!) In the blue pieces above, you can see how some of the red powder sprinkles must have made their way on to the wet fabric, which resulted in the orange spots. Here are how some of the fabrics look together: Every time I dye fabric, I am amazed at the results, because it is always a SURPRISE!
Not sure what I will do with these yet, but stay tuned to find out! :)
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After purchasing the "raw" silk carrier rods, I wanted to dye them to see what colors I could achieve. After pulling out my trusty dyes, I went to work! I am so pleased with the results! The rods accepted the dye beautifully and although I haven't started pulling them apart completely yet, I can tell that all the layers received color. The sheen is still slightly visible, but I think it will improve once the fusion takes place. The rods are so small that there was still plenty of dye left over in each bath. Not wanting it to go to waste, I pulled out some PFD (Prepared For Dyeing) fat quarters and used low water immersion techniques to achieve some wonderful gradients. Using bits and pieces of time, I dyed all of the carrier rods and the 24 fat quarters over a three day period. Snatch every moment you can to be creative....they add up! Now to start making something will of it! |
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