Some dyeing!

Last week, for the first time in a month, I decided to dye some fabric. It was nice to be back mixing dyes without much of a plan. The primary reason for the session was to dye a bolt of backing fabric for veterans quilts. These should keep me and Brenda stocked for a couple of months.
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I also dyed some kids' tshirts. I made the mistake of buying 50% poly shirts but that will work out OK. My young friend, Ella, is coming to stay with me a few days for a craft camp and we are going to get the Cricut busy putting things on these shirts for her and her brother.
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I also decided to dye some new Dharma primary colors. This one is called Raven Black. It's not black, but it's a nice blue. I'm sure I'll use up the rest of the small container but I won't order this one again. I have a recipe for a color like this.
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The other two colors I tested are Atomic Fireball and Blue Abyss. I mixed the red too weak but, even so, it's not red. It's more like orange and I have a recipe close enough to this color. The blue is a beautiful blue and I have a blue close to this too. I will use the rest of these dyes but I'm not sure I'd order more of them.
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This image right here is one reason that I'm happy to not be selling fabric anymore. Reasonably often there are "trash threads" in the fabric. I wouldn't sell fabric like this. Sometimes I can pull the threads out but sometimes I'd have to re-dye a piece. This one isn't so bad but when there's a white thread on a dark fabric, it really shows. For my own quilts, it doesn't matter. I can cut around it if I need. But it's sure annoying!

I also did a few parfait dyes. This was the first kind of dyeing that Anne and I ever did. I like all the texture that comes from this technique. Here's a tutorial that I found if you want to try it out.