Dark plum fabric for the back of a purple Trip Round the World quilt was first up on the to do list. I had a sample of premixed purple dye. So.... on with the dyeing process.....One thing I learnt is that if you don't mix dye powder properly you get spots of the primary colours that are used to make up the secondary colour - not necessarily a bad thing. The results are a bit like snow dyeing- I love the results.
The next photo shows the blue fabric I dyed. I needed backing for one of my stash busting cot quilts so.. I started with a medium blue and then decided that it was too light so I over-dyed it with a navy blue. This piece of fabric will now serve 2 purposes....backing for the cot quilt as well as a stormy sky for a fabric landscape that was commissioned - that is another story for another day
5 comments:
Those dyed fabrics are fantastic. Well done on the purple and blue fabrics.
Don't know much about fabric dye, so I can't help, but still like the colour though. Mix a few green fabrics, and you have yourself a garden...
Elzaan
Leigh, I think your dye work is great. I like the results of the not so well mixed dyes, LOL. The brown one, what about adding some red in perhaps a tie dye way. Keep up the great work.
Gail (UFO list)
I love the color of the third one. They are all fabulous. The third one is a large enough piece, you can experiment with overdying. At a guess, I'd say it needed more red! I'd love to see overdying experiments on bits of it. Was it for a project?
try more of a 1:2 ratio red:yellow and add just a smidge of black to alter the tone.
Thanks for all the compliments and advice. I am definitely going to redye the brown fabric with some red. Will post the results as soon as I have done it.
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