tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post3047428584594259994..comments2023-12-23T03:18:42.423-05:00Comments on Gnomicon: Dyeing with DarenScholeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110359677410211160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-3433447828199346832008-07-25T22:16:00.000-04:002008-07-25T22:16:00.000-04:00Sarah... I MISS you!! Your fabric looks great!! ...Sarah... I MISS you!! Your fabric looks great!! <BR/><BR/>I can't wait to see what you do with your hand-dyes... I have the ones that Chris dyed for me in class... think I'll use them for Paula Reid's Tequila Sunrise class. She does it with pastels, but you KNOW how much I love brights!!<BR/><BR/>Jan<BR/>Shiisa QuiltsJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14290549296904184339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-34201844251528854622008-06-11T00:26:00.000-04:002008-06-11T00:26:00.000-04:00Not sure what to make yet. Contemplating a Lone S...Not sure what to make yet. Contemplating a Lone Star. Daren's work is full of intense color and that's one of the reasons I took her class was to see how she does it. The short answer: lots more dye powder than the usual "recipes" call for in the dye solution.<BR/><BR/>When you use different colors on the same fabric you do not have to let the fabric dry in between. For example, in the microwave dyeing class I took at IQF/Chicago we applied multiple dyes to our fabric before heat setting it in the microwave (when those fabrics get unpacked I'll post some pics so you can see the results). If you let the fabric dry and then dye it again (with the same color, to get it more saturated, or with a different color), it's called overdyeing. The red piece in the picture was overdyed because at first it turned out more pink than red.<BR/><BR/>The usual technique of dyeing fabric entails mixing the dyes instead of layering them. By connecting Easter eggs to fabric dyeing I probably confused things. In the world of textile dyeing, if you want a secondary color, like orange, you mix an orange dye solution and then apply it to your fabric. Unless you were trying to do something weird, you would not dye it yellow and then dye it red. You can either buy orange dye powder or you can buy red dye powder and yellow dye powder and combine them while you're making you dye solution.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985641228586503550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679575.post-82879454287162668372008-06-10T23:37:00.000-04:002008-06-10T23:37:00.000-04:00Pretty! Whatcha gonna make with them? I'm amazed...Pretty! Whatcha gonna make with them? I'm amazed at the intensity of the colors you were able to get. So when you use different colors on the same fabric do you let the fabric dry in between? Would you ever just mix the dyes instead of layering them?Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101977301861885022noreply@blogger.com