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Iris-Inspired Colorways 2022

By: Lynda May 22, 2022

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In 2015, I dyed some colorways inspired by our irises. You can see those colorways here. I decided I’d revisit that with some of my irises this year.

Dyeing Scraps

By: Lynda May 3, 2022May 6, 2022

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Last week I visited my friend Dawn, who is a local artist. Dawn loves to work with scraps. She had told me awhile back that she had some scraps for me to dye for both of us. Of course, I wasn’t expecting it to be three large bags!

Trying to Dye Lace

By: Lynda May 13, 2021

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Over the years I’ve bought lace. Some came from a variety of stores (one specifically in Hawaii) and thrift stores. My idea of buying lace was to use it as a stencil. See my tutorial here about that. That was fun, but I also wanted to dye it. I assumed in the beginning of my…

The last of the colors

By: Lynda April 26, 2021April 30, 2021

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OMG! It’s been so much fun to get back into dyeing. I dyed 61 colors. So here they are!

Dyeing Embellishments and more

By: Lynda April 22, 2021April 23, 2021

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To switch gears a bit, I wanted to show you some extras I dyed while dyeing those fat quarters.

Firsts and More Colors

By: Lynda April 19, 2021

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I’ve continued on with my low immersion dyeing of my dyes. What has been really challenging is to photograph the browns. They’ve been dyed for a week, but still not able to get a good picture. But that will come.

Dyeing and More

By: Lynda April 12, 2021April 16, 2021

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I’ve been wanting to make a dye sampler book for years, so I can tell exactly how the colors look when low immersion dyed. Some I’ve know, but the majority I have no idea how they will look dyed without ice. I purchased most of my dyes (fiber reactive dyes) so students of my Icy…

Love Old Hankies

By: Lynda May 8, 2020May 10, 2020

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I absolutely love old hankies. And I love to dye them. There is nothing like pulling a bit of color out of my purse or pocket on a cold dreary day to wipe my nose!

Dyeing cotton vs 50/50

By: Lynda April 30, 2019May 6, 2019

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I really like dyeing t-shirts for Dave. He knows to buy 100% cotton ones since fiber reactive dyes are made to work on natural fibers. Well, he’s been taken lately with 50/50 shirts.