A New Class

These women took on the challenge of blue gel glue and thicken procion dye.

It will quite fun to see how this comes out.
Tina is laying out her design.
Emmy is drying her glue resist with hair driers getting ready for the next step. Doesn't she look like she ready for whatever comes her way?
Our next class is tye dyeing shirts for our children, husbands or grandchildren. I know my grandchildren sure like their shirts. It will be July 10th. Are you interested? Come join the fun?

Blue Gel Glue Resist

I have been experimenting with Elmer blue gel glue as resist. First I tried a piece of Kona cotton. I soaked the fabric in soda ash and then let it dry. I stretched it on a frame. I used the glue to outline my design. Let it dry and then painted with thicken procion dye. I let it dry for 24 hours and then soaked it in hot water and the glue came off. Then washed it in the machine with baby tears(it sets the dye) first with hot and then with cold.

Next I tried it on silk. I followed the same process except that I used thicken procion dye in the squares and then liquid procion dye for the back ground.

I see in the Quilting Arts Magazine which I got the new addition in the mail today, that there is a article on using the blue gel glue as well.