Showing posts with label dying fabric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dying fabric. Show all posts

Saturday, February 23, 2013

10 yards of snow dyed fabric

 The results of my snow dying experiment turned out
good I can see art quilts in the patterns and
colors. I used navy, spruce, eggplant, turquoise,
chartreuse and blue violet dye and tan, yellow
and green fabrics. The fan shape pattern will
definitely be a whole cloth quilt. The pastel pieces
just call for branches, leaves and birds.
So it was worth the trouble and time.
Next I will use acrylic paints to dye fabric.










Monday, June 18, 2012

I have been busy.

I haven't blogged  for awhile,
 Sorry - I had to take time out to clean my house and studio.
My daughter in law sent the info on my house to a Realtor.
We have had 12 years living at the special place.
But we need to downsize eventually.
Somehow squeeze 4000 sq feet into 1700 sq ft.
With a bonus room for a studio.
It is getting harder to keep up a large home and larger yard.
So if it happens it was meant to be.
If not we will live here in paradise longer.
 I dyed some background for my new project
but I ended up using my first choice.
The colors are the palette for my new quilt.
I am going to try for the Quilt Nationals.
If I doesn't work I will have 2 pieces for my show next May.
SO it is a win win.
I get a head start on May's show.
Or I hit the jackpot.
May as well aim high.
Summer brings a show of color.
Flowers keep blooming all season.
In March the ground is bare and brown.
Than it warms up and a riot of blooms
 pop out of the ground and delight us all summer.
I just love the magenta petunias with an edge of lime green.
They are my favorite new annual.
Have to have a few annuals for color.
Well a full day in the studio today.
A clean studio at that.