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Temperature Wall Hanging

By: Lynda June 26, 2022

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Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time is to make a temperature wall hanging. Temperature quilts, if you aren’t familiar with them, are made to track the temps of a specific time period. Usually they are for a year. They are a great way to see visually how temperatures have changed. If you…

Dyeing White on White/ Black on White

By: Lynda May 16, 2021

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I haven’t purchased much commercial fabric since I really enjoy dyeing, but when I’m in a fabric store I always check out the white on white and black on white fabric. These are pretty as is, but I like them much better with color. Since I’m into turquoise, I dyed these pieces with that color…

Old Liquid Dyes

By: Lynda May 8, 2021

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Since I’ve been dyeing quite a bit I’ve had several readers contact me about how long they can keep dye water. I just happen to have several bottles that have been sitting in my studio in the garage for almost a year. You might notice that the bottle on the right says yellow, but it’s…

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!

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…

Inspiration From A Old Piece

By: Lynda September 17, 2020September 18, 2020

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What a surprise when I found my inspiration from an old piece I had created a couple years ago.

Flour Resist Revisited

By: Lynda August 29, 2020October 27, 2021

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It’s been two years since I played with flour resist. With all of the sun and heat, I thought this would be the perfect time to revisit this technique. If you’d like to read the 2018 tutorial, you can find it HERE.

Finishing rope coasters

By: Lynda July 23, 2020July 27, 2020

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Several years ago I made a whole bunch of coasters to give away at one of my women’s group Christmas party. Everyone liked them. I felt like Oprah – you get one, and you get one, and you get one!