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Ice Dyeing Q and A

By: Lynda July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

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Since 2016 I have been teaching an online class, Icy Delights, on this fun dyeing technique I developed back in 2010. Since it’s a great time to ice dye, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about it, and thought I’d share some of them in this Icy Dyeing Q and A post. …

Sun Printing over “bad” prints

By: Lynda July 1, 2019July 15, 2019

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Sometimes printing projects just don’t work out the way you want them to. If you have some fabric around that you don’t like, try adding more layers. Today I’m talking about sun printing over “bad” prints.

Experimenting with Wet Cyan Printing

By: Lynda June 25, 2019July 1, 2019

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I have just started my experimenting with wet cyan printing. Here is just a mini tutorial, but much more information will be coming soon. It’s real easy to get started by purchasing these pretreated fabric sheets. You can buy them through Amazon, Dharma Trading, or other online stores. They are a bit pricey, but I…

Genealogy and Blueberries

By: Lynda June 22, 2019June 25, 2019

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No art accomplished this week. It was all about genealogy. Our local Willard Library hosted Heritage Days Festival this week with five days of sessions on everything from the best websites and apps for local history, to Google Earth Pro and organizing your stuff. I learned so much that I feel like my head might…

QSDS Glorious Prints

By: Lynda June 10, 2019June 22, 2019

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As mentioned in the last post, I spent a week in Columbus, Ohio at QSDS. This event, held every year includes two 5-days sessions and two weekend sessions. I chose Glorious Prints (printing with thickened dyes) with Pat Pauly in the first 5-day session.

Back from QSDS

By: Lynda June 5, 2019June 10, 2019

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I am back from QSDS (Quilt & Surface Design Symposium) on the campus of Columbus College of Art and Design in downtown Columbus, Ohio.

Painting my new apron

By: Lynda May 21, 2019June 5, 2019

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I am so excited. I will be leaving Sunday for a week-long Pat Pauly workshop at QSDS (Quilt & Surface Design Symposium) in Columbus, Ohio. If you don’t know about Pat, she is a wonderful artist who makes contemporary quilts with her printed and painted fabrics. The class I’ll be taking is called “Glorious Prints.”

Upcycling Old Jeans

By: Lynda May 12, 2019May 21, 2019

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I love using my dyed fabric, but I have been wanting to try upcycling some old jeans and other thrift fabric I have around my studio. Before cutting up the jeans, I needed to decide what I was going to make. If I wanted straps made from the jeans I wanted to make sure I…

Ice Dyeing Old Dyes

By: Lynda May 6, 2019May 12, 2019

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I showed you recently the results of low immersion dyeing using Dawn’s old dyes. If you missed it, here is the post. I wanted to see how they would ice dye. I only picked those colors that would split. Every one of the dyes pretty much split as expected except, again, the Royal Blue was…

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