Last weekend, Meena, a lover of all things color like me, invited 5 of her best buddies to a patio class. She and her daughter Tashi have dyed with me before, so we all dived right in to dyeing! Each woman dyed 2 (or 3!) silk scarves in one of my many color palettes. We… Continue Reading
I taught another fun Patio Class yesterday! I made us some awesome apricot coffee cake: I explained how fiber reactive dyes work, and showed them how to measure accurately: I do believe I have bunny ears! (The fourth person in this class is a bit camera shy herself, but apparently loves to photobomb!) We also… Continue Reading
A couple weeks ago, a fellow professor at the University and lover of Candied Fabrics Scarves brought her sister and niece over for a patio class. The three of them played around with all sorts of patterning. You can see by their faces what a great time they had! And they dyed A LOT! Does… Continue Reading
Introduction to Indigo: Experimenting with Pattern Indigo is an ancient form of dyeing that is so much fun! There’s an almost magical process where white cloth is immersed into a vat of yellow liquid – when removed, it quickly turns from yellow, to green, to blue. Of course, it’s not magic, just a bit of chemistry! In… Continue Reading
Pick your Palette, Dye a Silk Scarf If you would love to learn a bit about how I dye my silk scarves, this is the class for you! Choose your favorite of my 28 different scarf palettes and I’ll walk you through mixing the colors, choosing the pattern you’d like to dye, and then dyeing the scarf. You could also… Continue Reading
Favorite Color Gradations – 3 hours: You’ll learn how to dye with fiber reactive dyes by either picking your favorite color from my Candiotic Table of Elemental Color and dyeing a dark to light gradation of it, or you can pick 2 different colors and dye a gradation between them. Either way, you’ll end up… Continue Reading