Several years ago, my niece gave me the origami kit in the photo. As one of the bricks paving the road of good intentions, I hoped to use it to find folds that would convert to Shibori dyeing. I’m rather pleased with the results of the Lily, and the first attempt dyed well. But that’s …
Can you help a teacher out? Would you rather play with charm squares or re-color quilt designs? Or both?
It’s always a good idea to test fabric before buying and dyeing it. I was thrilled to find a 116″ wide sateen in white at Backside Fabrics, and they kindly sent me a good-sized single swatch. You can see the results above, from left: Pimatex PFD Prewashed wide sateen Unwashed wide sateen I did a …
Tara Faughnan’s Improv Give and Take It’s a snowy Thursday Morning here at DippyDyes and I had a chance to take my first stroll through the quilts at QuiltCon. WOW! You need to see these quilts! I did notice a couple of trends, plus a lot more artists I need to follow. Two things spoke …
If you take a look at the Cotton Solids Collection at www.DippyDyes.com you’ll see lots of items like this: While this is totally clear to me, a light bulb recently went off in my head to remind me that it probably is as clear as a deep navy dye bath to everyone else. Here’s why …
This post dates from January 2017. And I couldn’t say it any better now!Yesterday, in addition to my last post here on the blog, I also got a newsletter out. This morning I checked the report from MailChimp on my phone. I’m incredibly bad about checking the “metrics” and today I just happened to click …
Why, dye fabric, of course! Since early March I have embarked on the latest edition of dyeing solid fabrics in colors not offered by commercial fabric companies. The picture at left shows the samples I dyed of 69 colors. They were all supposed to be shades – pure hues with grey or black added – …
I’ve never made a vision board before. Finding pictures to show what I want and need to focus on, then cut and pasting them was just too much work. I finally decided to check out a YouTube video and ‘got permission’ to make a digital one. The video was also helpful with ideas of what …
Well, the truth is that I get focused on today, and don’t spend much time ‘thinking great thoughts’ like the scarecrow could after he got a brain. It’s just so much more fun playing with fabric! 2019 was a pretty good year, with happy successes and a few failures. It helped me realize that I’m …
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