Last week I had the privilege of being in Carol Soderlund’s Visions/ReVisions Master Class at the Nancy Crow Barn in Baltimore, Ohio. No finished work at this time, but I do have lots of pictures! Here’s a good picture (I think) of Carol, the Master Cat Herder! She wearing an ensemble of a retired hubby …
Here’s a picture of a piece of polyester double georgette that I dyed with disperse dyes. It was an experiment, and technically it’s not my best work. Even so, it’s really neat. The whole piece is 58” wide and two yards long. I applied disperse dyes to a cotton gauze which was hung up to …
Next Sunday, May 20, I will be teaching my felted and beaded coin purse kit at the Innovative Beads Expo at the Allentown Fairgrounds. There’s a picture there of a coin purse in progress; here’s another one that I’m working on now: I have another, but it’s in my purse. This project features a hand-dyed …
Some polyester georgette came in the other day, along with another roll of the iridescent polyester organza. Here are some pictures: Organza wrapped on a polypropylene pipe. Dye applied, then bound with dyed string, then thickened dye was applied. This is the resulting fabric – it’s sheer enough that you can see the color of …
As long as I had the dye out, I decided to try a little reverse dyeing experiment. (Hey, we call it reverse sewing, right?) I put disperse dye on the cloth, let it dry, then bound it and rinsed it with the sprayer hose. Here’s the fabric with the dye on it, after manipulating and before …
Here are two quick pictures of my little swatch and the colander that made the marks: This picture shows the piece, which started out a coral color, in the colander, plus another piece that started white drying next to it. Both are dyed with turquoise. The second picture shows the sample after heat pressing with …
I’m trying a new-to-me show with ‘The Original Creative Festival’ in Cincinnati. I’ll be in booth 106, as of this writing, and I am going to be introducing some new fabrics for garment sewers, as well as my snow-dyed and discharged fabrics, polyesters and wool roving. And I will be teaching ‘Dye Boot Camp’ again …
Had fun making these – they seem to be addictive, like I need another one. I will have dyed Peltex and the pattern for making them at the upcoming shows. Still dyeing like a madwoman getting ready for those – over 100 yards of new work and counting! The shows we will be at: Hampton, …
OK, I started worrying a bit about fumes created when I heat polyester on the heat press, in addition to the dust from the dried dyes. And I found the following PDF: http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=SSSSSu7zK1fslxtUN8tZnx_Uev7qe17zHvTSevTSeSSSSSS– I plan to contact someone at 3M (if it’s possible) to be sure, but the guide indicates that an organic vapor cartridge …
Hi all – discussion of polyester comes up on the DyersList from time to time, so I thought I’d gather together the recent entries here. Plus it’s a chance to include some photos of my fabrics! Hover over the photo for a description. In the books I have in my stash, there are three references …
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