Here in Southern California, temperatures are just about ideal for dyeing all throughout the day! Most of the year it’s so hot in my backyard that I usually have to hurry up and try to finish dyeing by 11 AM, but this time of year I can head out at 3 in the afternoon if… Continue Reading
Here’s a scarf I just dyed for a customer who wanted many shades of red all together on silk charmeuse: I just love how all the colors separated in this area: When she came to pick it up, my customer was quite pleased with it, hooray! Continue Reading
Here’s the final results of the Essex I Indigo dyed over the weekend: I couldn’t wait for better light as I wanted to get this packed up and shipped out, but these pix give a pretty good idea of what they looked like after washing and drying: These two were my favorite pieces: I can’t… Continue Reading
I had someone ask me to indigo dye them four yards of Essex, which is a cotton/linen blend fabric that takes patterning really well. I spent last Saturday ironing, folding, and drawing some glue resist designs: Last Sunday was a lovely clear, cool day, so after clamping all the folded fabrics: I dipped, dipped and… Continue Reading
When making Elmer the Patchwork Elephant for a Christmas present, I had to make a patchwork panel: to cut out all of Elmer’s pieces: See the leftovers on the cutting board? I really didn’t want to throw them away, so, why not turn it into a pillow? I picked out all the cut of parts… Continue Reading
Aiyiyi, this month is kicking me in the butt! I came down with a cold the first day of classes and I’ve been dragging ever since. Not a lot has been accomplished: January Goals Third FMQ Club Pattern January 14 100% Custom Scarf for Barbara January 15 0% Indigo Dyed Fabric for Laine… Continue Reading
Hooray! My studio has been decluttered, reorganized, cleaned and painted! Hubby put a frame around my tool pegboard: And made me some Shaker peg rails that I can use to hold bags! I recovered my ironing board with fresh clean Rain no Stain curtain lining: New ceiling mounted curtain track from Ikea, they had some… Continue Reading
Well, I’m a bit late with my goals post, and I may be skipping the whole “year in review” post as I just don’t have the time right now! Once I got Elmer done and Christmas was over, I’ve been balancing doing things with the boys over vacation, working on my dossier/eself evaluation for a… Continue Reading