Yesterday I got together with a group of my quilty friends to experiment with a little hand dyeing. I can't even begin to tell you how much fun it was playing with all of the beautiful colors...squirting a bit of dye on some plain white fabric, mixing in a dab of another color, smooshing it all together and then waiting for the big reveal once it was all dry. We followed
Patsy Thompson's hand dyeing tutorial which explains the process very well, but rather than using fat quarters for "drip rags" we borrowed Ami Simms'
Yo-Yo Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties idea and used cotton panties (new, of course) to wipe the drips,
so now we have panties to match our fabric! Every quilter needs hand dyed panties that match her fabric stash, right? If you haven't tried hand dyeing, give it a try...it's great fun and even a beginner will end up with some beautiful one of a kind fabrics!
Yesterday I got together with a group of my quilty friends to experiment with a little hand dyeing. I can't even begin to tell you how much fun it was playing with all of the beautiful colors...squirting a bit of dye on some plain white fabric, mixing in a dab of another color, smooshing it all together and then waiting for the big reveal once it was all dry. We followed Patsy Thompson's hand dyeing tutorial which explains the process very well, but rather than using fat quarters for "drip rags" we borrowed Ami Simms' Yo-Yo Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties idea and used cotton panties (new, of course) to wipe the drips, 
so now we have panties to match our fabric! Every quilter needs hand dyed panties that match her fabric stash, right? If you haven't tried hand dyeing, give it a try...it's great fun and even a beginner will end up with some beautiful one of a kind fabrics!
Looks like you had a lot of fun, and some beautiful colours there!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was great, great fun!
ReplyDeleteha, ha, sounds like a blast!! I can't believe how resourceful you gals were. Matching panties.....hum..... Very creative!
ReplyDeletesounds like so much fun!!!
ReplyDeleteI have wanted to try that too. I did dye some silk ribbon a while back. It was fun.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Panties to match..I love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful vivid colors. Love the panties!
ReplyDeleteGreat colours and just think if you get involved in an accident , your underwear will be beautiful to look at!!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun, I have been wanting to try dyeing too. And I love the idea of the matching panties....
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous! Love the matching panties!
ReplyDeletePanties to match your quilts, "LOL,LOL" I love it! Some seriously BEAUTIFUL colors there, you did good!
ReplyDeleteHad a good time, one can tell. TTFN ~ Marydon
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