Monday, March 27, 2006

More Dyeing

Oh my, this is addictive! I've been ripping up fabric from my collection and dyeing it in different colors, and even gone a little crazy and ordered more black and whites to dye.

Here's what I started with, and then used different pots of yellows, oranges, and reds to dip into to create different color blends. I'm trying to do it by eyeball, since I'm not a write-it-down-and-stick-to-it person.

One thing I hadn't anticipated is the result to printed fabrics that usually look whitish and ugly on the back. Over-dyeing this fabric has created a really nice look on the back.

9 Comments:

Blogger Gerrie said...

I love over dyeing commercial fabric for new results! Your's are great!

11:35 PM  
Blogger Balwearie said...

Very excellent delicious results! Who needs to write anything down?!?!!

4:17 AM  
Blogger Jo Griffith said...

Very Nice!!! I haven't done much overdying, but I will definitely give it a try next time I dye plain fabric!

4:30 AM  
Blogger Mrs. Mel said...

It must be National Dye week. Everyone is at it.
Yours look great!

4:52 AM  
Anonymous Jan said...

That top selection is speaking to me...fabulous! I may succumb to dyeing again after all.

6:41 AM  
Blogger Diane said...

Oh! Oh! This is WONDERFUL! Thanks for sharing how great these turned out...it'll be fun to see how these appear in your quilts. What a great way to supplement your oranges.

7:50 PM  
Blogger Diane said...

By the way, did you do anything special to the fabrics you were over-dyeing before you dyed them (ie, wash them in anything special, etc.)?

7:51 PM  
Blogger lizzieb said...

you are now addicted to dyeing! you are also having way too much fun since I am stuck doing taxes today!

Liz

10:10 AM  
Anonymous Charmaine said...

How neat! The colors are so beautiful and saturated. Love the sink -- I bet that makes the whole dye process so much easier.

9:46 AM  

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