HAND DYE MIXING EXPIRAMENT


Last year I went to a Cindy Lohbeck (handsonhanddyes.com) dyeing class in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I loved it!  Before this class I wanted to dye my own fabric and had bought dyes from Pro Chemical and Dye company, www.prochemical.com using  suggestions from Quiltlife magazine October 2014.

After Cindy's class I then bought some more colors and fabrics from the Dharma Trading Co. www.dharmatrading.com. The customer service was outstanding. I received the box all taped up with stuff missing. Called them up and did not wait long to talk to someone and my stuff was in the mail and to me in two days. No hassles.

Couple days ago I found Cindy Lohbeck class on iquilt.com.  Full Spectrum Dyeing. It motivated me to try and mix my own colors.

So I started with 1/2 teaspoon in a cup of warm water and mixed well. I used gloves and a mask during this process.  Then the fun started. I mixed colors.

 After mixing I would dip a piece of white paper towel to see the color. I tried to keep track of how much I was using, but got excited and just started to dump some colors together.

Then added my fabric which I just tore up the material into small strips and dyed them as Cindy had taught me.

After dyeing them and washing them, I tried to guess which fabrics went to which colors. Not an organized way to figure it out! Not sure that I have them right.

So will try again next week. This time I will write on the fabric with a black permanent marker the recipe that I mixed and use fat quarters to dye with, then figure out the ratios like 1 part lemon yellow 2 parts amber.

But I love the colors that I got! Here are some pictures.

So next week I will start over!

These are all the colors I made

Here are the colors I dyed and want to re-make

Next week I will change the process

1. Write down the recipe for each color.
2. Dye each color with fabric. Write the recipe on the fabric before dyeing with a black permanent marker. Hope that color does not change my dye bath!
3. Dye with a fat quarter.
4. Each dye bath to equal one cup.
5. Have fun doing it!!!!!

I will then next blog the colors I am using and how much I used! What a process.

So here is the next animal banner. it's amazing how each of us do things differently. Tammie designed this one. So cool

School banners

This year one of my friends wanted to do a quilted banners for her daughter. Animals in each one so as to use it for discussions about animals.

Here is September to December.september has the racoon hiding in the pumpkins

 

Bats and cats

Turkey eating hamberger

Polar bear with a Christmas tree. So much fun!

January is penguin with snow men. As we finish them I will post them. We are having fun with them!

A new baby quilt. Been getting into some designing my own quilts. So much fun!
Here is a baby quilt I made for a friend at work!

Pink flamingo with umbrella

I love the double pin wheel block and the hourglass block that frames this quilt. I quilted the inside of the flamingo with a meandering stitch and squares on the outside. I just love this quilt.!!!!!

Some day I would love to sell this quilt pattern but that will be a future project.

Small House Quilt challenge.

Made my first block and with lots of trial and error I finally got a 5 1/2 inch block finished.  this is all from my stash!

Small House Quilt Challenge

Oh so excited to join my friends in a small house quilt challenge

Rules
1.  5 inch blocks
2. what ever size of quilt
3. must be made from scraps in our fabric stash or friends and family

can't wait to start!

this is where the idea came from but would add animals,trees ect.

http://www.buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com/

Prayer quilt shawl

 This is a quilt made for a co-worker this summer put together by Sharon and I. This is snowball block alternating with a 4 patch.  Sharon did the embroidery. Then each of the co-workers blessed her with prayers and blessings and memories in the snowball block

 Here it is being worn its nice a big and warm!! then I made a pillow case with leftover materials and put the quilt in it!!

Baby prayer quilt for Ella.

This quilt has lots of open spaces to write in!