Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Snow Dyeing Brown

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On Monday I did some Snow Dyeing using soft brown, yellow and cerulean blue.  Since brown is made up of many colors it is a hard to predict the outcome.    The brown usually separates into shades of red which it did but I was hoping that since I was pouring the warm liquid dye onto the snow it would bond quicker to the fabric keep its brown color, not so.  I also broke one of my rules guild lines about not mixing too many color as I know that can result in a very muddy colored piece of fabric.  I added a bit of golden yellow to the mix as well.  I was surprised that the colors were not too muddy and that you could still see the blue and yellow in a few spots, especially on my smaller pieces of fabric.

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Today I am going to load a quilt on my longarm that I pieced on the weekend so hope to share that with you soon.  I seem to be on a mission this month to use up some of my fat quarter bundles that I have acquired over the last couple of years.

7 comments:

  1. so love the outcome of your snow dyeing! Kee on publishing the results of your fat quarter quilting - I need to do the same

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  2. Stunning colours - no snow here (UK) just lots of rain!!

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  3. Beautiful! Looks like you have lots of snow too to experiment with your dyeing! Love your fabric! It's sooo pretty!

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  4. Those fabrics look great! I hope to try snow dying sometime.

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  5. You are so brave to dye your own fabric. I wouldn't even try to do this. Beautiful fabric. Looking forward to see what
    you do with all your fat 1/4's.

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  6. Love checking in on your blog. Love to see the quilts and your snow dying results. Really enjoyed the tour of your studio this fall.

    Maureen (Carmen's sister)

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