Number 49 -- a Snow Dye

Taking advantage of Jonas the snowmaker,

 I dyed this yard using dye powders on top of the snow.

My mix included basic blue, bright yellow,

sea grass and black.

Again, a surprise.

I had hoped it would end up as vibrant as it began.

The dyes, liquid or powder, react differently with snow

than with ice.

I want to keep playing and learning.

Hope you enjoyed a beautiful pink sunset sky tonight.

#48 A snow dye attempt

This is my first attempt at snow dyeing. I used some dye solutions that were more than

six weeks old, but in the fridge. I used mixing red, sun yellow, indigo

and turquoise. It's softer than I hoped it would be.

Here's the cloth that was under the yardage. The pattern is from

the rack the fabric was on.

I think I will adjust my dye quantities the next time.

But I can wait a long time for more snow.

Enough is enough!

Hope you are warm and clear of snow.

Starting again

Whew, I took a long break from dyeing. There was Christmas, cookie making, a couple nasty infections, recovery time -- just like so many other people. Now, it's time to get moving again. I have been doing some free motion quilting on a large quilt. It's not ready for prime time, but it is coming along - finally.

And I returned to my dyeing project. I've started thinking about making a new quilt for my bed and want to think about the colors. So, I did a few ice dyes as tests for my quilt. Here they are:

Cobalt blue - maybe too dull.

I'm liking this grape.

Imperial purple is always nice, in my opinion.

Kelly green turned out too pale. May be overdyed.

And then we had a mammoth snow storm this past couple days. So, time to prepare some snow dyes.

For the above one, I used up some dyes that have been in the fridge for a bit. Below, I sprinkled dye powder on the snow.  I'll show results after the rinsing and washing.

I mixed new dye concentrates for these three. I'm up to #52.

Back to a bit of work hoping the snow plows will visit my street and parking lot.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Karen