Thursday, November 10, 2016

Fabric dyeing and finishing

Good afternoon.

I hope everyone is having a lovely November day.  It is cool and sunny here so I am very happy.

I have been busy trying my hand at dyeing fabric.  I have done so in the past, but usually only one color or coffee/tea dyed, so it was simple.  This time I did some ice-dyeing and it is very simple.  There are several people of Youtube but I watched WonderfullyHopeless for inspiration.

Here is how it looks on linen.  I used liquid dye instead of powdered in orange, grey and camel.  I love how it turned out.

This next one I love but I learned some things. I used liquid in Camel and powdere in Tan.  It is on 28ct Monaco and it is thicker fabric than linen so I had some trouble.  When the powder hit the ice it made it some little spots with red and blue. Next time I will dilute the powdered dye and make it liquid.  Once the ice melted and I pulled it out there was a lot of white where it did not go through so I had to do it twice.  I still love it and plan to stitch this cute pattern I bought on Etsy from RedBearDesign.

It addition to dyeing fabric I also have some FFO's.  I finished stitching November by Hands On Design yesterday and everything else was stitched earlier this year. My finishing isn't perfect but I still love them.

Thank You so much for looking,
Mary

6 comments:

  1. Good for you on getting things in finished form, Mary! They look super. I like the fabrics you dyed. Interesting concept with the ice dying!

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  2. You have been busy! Great finishing and I love the colours in the first piece of fabric you dyed.

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  3. Love the dye works, great job,
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  4. Beautiful fabric! I love your finishes looking forward to seeing more finishes in the near future!

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  5. Your finishes are beautiful. Love the dyed fabric!

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  6. Congratulations on getting the camper piece finished and framed. It turned out fabulous. Thank you for the link to the picture frame place. I really like your harvest ornament. Well done! Your WIP is looking good.

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