13 March 2012

Final Report From My Dyecation

I've been away from my blog for a while, as things got a little crazy here again. But now I'm back with a few final pictures from my dyecation. I still haven't shown you the third, dark gradation that I did after the medium and light gradations. I must admit that I didn't think I would like the dark colours, and thought they would be too murky and gloomy for my taste. But luckily I was wrong. This gradation produced some of the deep purples and plums that are my favourite colours to wear, and some beautiful petroleum blue.


 I was left with quite a lot of unused dye, which I used for overdyeing


black-on-white fabric...


and white-on-white fabric.


And here's a trick I learned from Melanie Testa (Inspired to Quilt):

- dyeing embroidery floss with the help of floss holders!


Doesn't that make you want to grab a needle?


And here's a week's worth of dyeing adventures:


These are among my favourite fabrics:



I'm having a short break from dyeing now, but I will soon continue with the warm gradation (golden yellow, scarlet and medium blue). Then I will soon need to come up with a way of using all my fabrics, because there isn't any more room in my tiny flat...

Thanks for dropping by and have a great week! - Annika
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4 comments:

  1. Jeannie14 March 2012 at 08:40

    Glorious colors! I love the overdyed fabrics and your solids are beautiful. I am using some of my dyed threads from Melly's class in my jacket. I just love to use hand dyed threads. Thanks for sharing you dyecation! Now you might think about indigo! (insert evil laugh! It is even more fun and magical.) Wishing you a fun filled week.

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    1. Annika20 March 2012 at 18:42

      Thanks! I'm pretty pleased with what I've accomplished so far. Next, I'll start thinking about surface design (overdyeing, printing, stencilling, discharging, foiling, oh, the possibilities...). Ha, ha, I will, however, do my best to stay away from indigo for the time being, as I have too much to try as it is. But I expect it will sneak into my schedule sooner or later, as these things usually do. ;-)

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  2. Ann-Catrin22 March 2012 at 14:12

    Det här börjar påminna om regnbågen. Härligt!

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    1. Annika22 March 2012 at 19:40

      Tack! Det var en riktig färgfest och jag ser fram emot att fortsätta den om ett par veckor. ;-)

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