Now that this quilt is received, (and loved!) by Annalise and her parents, I can show it off here! (The toughest part of making surprises for people who follow you on social media is not sharing snapshots of it along the way!) To read more about the process, and why I’m making this quilt, please… Continue Reading
A couple of months ago, a new Procion MX dye was released that’s actually a pure grey – one single molecule is responsible for the color, rather than the mixtures that all grey and black Procion MX dyes have been up to this point. I finally got around to ordering some from ProChem and dyeing some different concentrations of it… Continue Reading
We’ve been having absolutely incredible weather: a cool long morning, followed by bright sunny afternoons in the mid-80’s, absolutely PERFECT for dyeing! I’ve been taking advantage of this by working on my newest class, Dyeing 100: an Introduction to Dyeing with Fiber Reactive Dyes. It’s been awhile since I’ve set up my camera on the… Continue Reading
I’m getting ready for my spring shows, and I have a hankering for a new palette of colors to sew with. I didn’t want it to feel too pastel, but yet I wanted some lighter colors. There was a certain shade of green in my mind I was going for. This green on top is… Continue Reading