Ever wonder how I figured out how to take pictures of scarves like these? Edit: This was a guest post for a blog that is defunct, so now I’m re-publishing it here! For the larger items I need to photograph, like bags & scarves, I had been setting up in front of the new white…
So, I was doing some dyeing yesterday: and I was very surprised by the color of the chartreuse (top right), it looks waaaaay to dark, and the plum (bottom middle) looks a bit brown. No matter how many times I do this, I still need to remind myself that, with dyeing, what you see in…
While cleaning up the studio today I unearthed this diptych in progress. My thought was to make simple pieces that allow some glorious bits of fabric to shine. I never got around to finishing them, perhaps I should!
If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, I think you know that I love making bags. One thing that really floats my boat is figuring out how to construct something so the bag can have the function that I want it to. Well, I’ve been ruminating on a certain type of bag for awhile…
I know I’ve talked before about how inspiring Jan DiCintio is. Her choice of colors is impeccable, and her patterns begin as hand-draw images, which give me that evidence of the hand that I find so important. Her newest organic fabric line is called “Shades of Grey”: and I just LOVE it! Now – I…
While lots of folks on twitter have been complaining about how hot it is, we’ve had an amazingly cool start to summer here. Last week’s craziness behind me, I needed to get some fabric dyed. The weather was cool Saturday morning, but the skies cleared and I had some totally awesome weather for dyeing. …
I’ve got more fun news to share! This July 29-31 International Quilt Festival comes to Long Beach, which is just about 90 minutes from my house. They have this really fun set of small classes sponsored by Cloth Paper Scissors called Make it University. Here’s how it works (text from their website): The fee for each workshop is $10,…
I spent Saturday with 44 members of a Presbyterian church in San Bernardino. They received a grant that allows them to bring in an artist for a day to help the parishioners create something to use in their worship. They have a tall sanctuary and a vision of 20 yard swaths of silk, dyed in 4 different palettes of…
These are going to be Botanical Sketch pillows…by Friday night she says, fingers crossed… These are on their way to becoming a quilt: By NEXT Friday night she says? Week one of Mother Earth Chemistry is taking it’s toll – and I’ll spend the weekend standing in my booth for Art in the Park…aiyiyi!
I’ve been searching for a source of organic fabric that’s been prepared-for-dyeing (PFD) and takes Procion MX fiber reactive dyes well. Last fall I came up with 2 strong hues, a teal and an orange, that I mix from primary colors to test a fabrics ability to really absorb the dye and have an intense…
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”.
