Here is the PLAN

I have been laying around, (in pain) thinking about what the next class in Claremont will be.  They advertised it as "Painting with Thickened Dyes" and that will be there, but with a few twists as well.

I have always liked these jackets from the Fiber Arts Book.  They are procion dye painted onto linen using wax resist.  They were the inspiration; however I hate to work with wax so I am going with water resist instead.  Then I saw an episode of Quilting Arts where a woman was getting similar effects with  procion dyes, water based Presist, and a second thickened dye layer.  I want to try that.

Here is what you will need to bring to class.
3 yards of PFD Cotton
a shirt pattern
a water or heat erase marker
a roll of plastic
a plastic bin
a few zip lock bags
and scissors
We will do low water immersion dyeing for a lighter first layer of color on our fabric.  The next week we will paint, screen print, or stencil on a Presist design and when it is dry paint over it with thickened dye.  Remember the dyes are transparent and this will change the first color.  Then that is processed in the plastic and we can then remove color, or add more as needed until we have a great print to make a shirt from.  We will then spend a few weeks sewing a shirt with interesting details.
Are you in?