I ended up not posting yesterday because Mom and I ran a lot of errands Monday and I had nothing interesting to shows for my efforts. Unless you think new deodorant and toothpaste is interesting! But, today I have a few dyeing results! Most things are still soaking but I have some of the gravity dyes done. If you are interested in gravity dyeing I recommend checking out Facebook and Youtube. There are so many ways to gravity dye and lots of tutorials. That's where I learned about it. I wanted to do a sweatshirt for Ella but wanted to practice first to see if it would work on something so bulky. I did this one on a sweatshirt for me and, all in all, it worked good. That diagonal dark line is where it was scrunched up and placed on the rail. The dye and ice was put on that scrunched area so that as the ice melted, the dye dripped out to the edges. On this one I learned that I needed to compensate for the hood. It caught a lot of dye sprinkles and not a lot of drips. I'm still really happy with it. This is the one I dyed for Ella and I'm really happy with it. I got the effect that I wanted. I hope she likes it. She's 11, so you never know! She will be sweet about it even if she doesn't like it. I will cut out her name in am iron-on vinyl so we can add that if she wants. There are 3 boys and I dyed 3 tshirts for each. I know for sure that they will like the other 2 so I felt that I could take a rish with these. These are gravity dyed with the pole put through one sleeve and out the other. Apparently Sawyer and Lincoln like oranges. I don't know if they will like these but I'm also going to cut their names so that we can iron them on if they want. I do like this effect and would do it again. I'm just not sure it will appeal to young boys. In the past few weeks I've stopped by a couple of Goodwill stores and picked up $2 frames. I spent part of yesterday afternoon getting them set up for some screen printing. They look a bit sloppy but they will work great. I did this one last week to screen some bandanas for the kid's mothers. They both went to JMU. I absolutely love the Cricut for screen printing.
Today is sewing with my quilt club but I'll get more things washed out this evening to share with you tomorrow.
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12/18/2024 08:49:20 pm
neat sweatshirts and those long sleeve - love that orange!
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Mary Anne
12/18/2024 10:16:59 pm
Those are so cool! I'd be a little cautious about putting their names on them though. I know here the police warn about that every fall when people are buying school supplies and say not to put their names outwardly on anything. Just a thought!
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Paulette
12/19/2024 12:05:05 am
All of the dyed items are fantastic!! All unique and original. The kids should just love these!! You really do some creative work!
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Catherine
12/19/2024 12:15:28 am
Zowie!! Those sweatshirts are super cool!! Each one is just right!
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Gene Black
12/19/2024 06:46:42 am
I love the results you got, especially on the shirts for you and Ella. I like those for the boys, but they are not as dramatic.
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patty
12/19/2024 11:31:31 am
I like the soft effect you got with the dye. I am sure everyone will love them.
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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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