Back to Dyeing

It feels so good to be back to dyeing. I just love to experiment with colors and see what effect I can get.

 I have about 12 shirts that I had ordered to use for my grandchildren and they out grew that size. So I am dyeing them and will hope to sell them when I participate in the Artist Tour in San Luis Obispo in October.

Book

Just bought this book on Amazon. It really has some interesting ways to dye fabric. I am going to have my noise in this book for a few days. I can tell.

Dyeing and Embossing Velvet

I put the wood stamps under the fabric with the plush side down on the wood stamp and sprayed it with starch and used a iron for about a minute being careful to watch for scorching. Do not move the iron back and forth or you may move the material and not get a clear design.

Then I waxed here and there with a brush(Batiki) and then dyed the fabric in Navy blue. Again let it set covered in plastic for 24 hours. The under colors show through in some places. These are the wood blocks that I used to emboss the velvet.


I have been working to complete this for a while. This is two yards of rayon/silk velvet stretched on a frame. I used several bright procion dye colors and let it set for 24 hours covered in plastic.