I’ve been learning the value of patience these past couple of weeks. Combining the huge number scarves I need to dye with coolish weather, I’ve not been able to dye and finish scarves as quickly as usual. Turns out that’s a good thing…when I let the scarves soak in a bucket of water for days,…
I’ve spent some time off and on researching organic sources of PFD (prepared for dyeing) cloth to use. My first experiment using a non-PFD organic cloth from Fox Rich textiles was not very successful: About a month ago I tried again, with an organic muslin from Dharma trading. I’m much happier with the results! I…
Jeesh – it’s Sunday night, and I can’t even remember what I did on Saturday – what is up with that? I think I’ve been a bit busy… Anyway, Sunday morning I managed to get 41 more scarves dyeing. I’ll wash these out and iron them off and on through the week, and that will…
Well, I spent a fair amount of time this weekend ironing! 36 dyed tote blanks, 7 yards of fabric and 60 scarves (with another 36 to go). There’s something about stacks of hand dyed fabric that gets me every time!
Another productive day of dyeing: a little over 40 scarves in my Winter palettes. I had another day of lovely weather. 70 degrees, sunny skies, hummingbirds singing (well, they really sort of scratch…), Stirling keeping me company, really a lovely day. I had so much fun with these yesterday, I thought I’d treat you to…
Day 2 was all about my Spring palette scarves. Here are 51 scarves sitting on my lawn: I think it’s so neat that all these crumpled messes turn into such pretty scarves! So I thought I’d juxtapose each bin of scarves in progress with a picture of a finished one.
Today was glorious dyeing weather! 72 degrees and sunny, a perfect way to start my week of dyeing! Today, I dyed a bunch of tote bags to turn into some of my Going Green Totes. I dyed 6 colors: plum, dark peacock, gold, chartreuse, light green and light blue. Each of those big containers holds…
I blogged last week about the need for new slipcovers for the Ikea stools my boys use. The light green I’d originally dyed them was no match for boys eating on them constantly! One big surprise I got – the new slipcovers I got from Ikea are way too big. Although the name of the…
Last week I got a call from a woman who has chatted with me (and purchased a gift or two) a few times in my booth at a local art fair. She is on a planning committee of a local golf association -they are planning a large golf tournament that ends with a lunch at the country…
Hooray! Although the wedding isn’t ”til March, the bride & groom will be home for the holidays, and thus can give these scarves out to a lot of people. The thought behind these scarves is that everyone in the wedding party will wear one, and will wear something that somehow coordinates with the colors in the scarf….
My name is Candy Glendening...and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
My name is Candy Glendening,and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.
