Our family beach vacation is coming up soon and I decided that I'd make gifts again this year. After perusing the Dharma Trading website I decided on beach bags. So far, I'm really pleased. They are sturdy enough for toting all sorts of things but supple enough to be able to tie for dyeing. I started a few weeks ago with a few to test while I was doing some shibori dyeing. I also had a few aprons left over from a previous purchase so I added them to the mix. I don't usually dye light colors but I have to say that I really love the light blue one. Yesterday, while dyeing 30+ yards of fabric for the shop I also finished the beach bags. I can't remember the final count but I think I dyed about a dozen yesterday. Some were tie dyed. These two actually got dyed in reverse. The blue one was supposed to be the orange and the orange one was supposed to be blue. They will be fine either way. Some of them were stenciled with Color Magnet. You can see the darker areas in this piece and the Color Magnet absorbs more dye. With some others I tried some gradient techniques and some all-over splatter techniques. I didn't finish up until about 8:30 last night so that's ALL that I did for the day. Later today I'll start washing out and see how they turned out.
Gene Black
5/14/2021 07:39:51 am
I love dyeing "things" but I usually do it to thing I already have. LOL. Many of my stained kitchen towels/etc get dyed. Then they become my favorites.
patty
5/14/2021 07:50:48 am
The bags and aprons turned out so pretty! I am sure everyone will be thrilled with whichever bag they receive. That reminds me that I have a stack of bags that need sewn together. I am making them for my nephew's merchandise booth for his band. I like to make them big enough that an album will fit in them. I am using up drapery weight fabrics I have just laying around. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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