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Dyeing and More

By: Lynda April 12, 2021April 13, 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, 2020September 17, 2020

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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.

More Ice Dyeing Q & A

By: Lynda July 12, 2020July 18, 2020

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It’s time for more ice dyeing Q & A. To see my previous Q & A last July, check out this post.

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.

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…

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.