Ice Dyeing

Next Wednesday we will be doing ICE DYEING.  Here is a link to Dharma and their instructions.

http://www.dharmatrading.com/home/learn-how-to-ice-dye.html

You may want to use a T-shirt or similar garment for this technique.  It will only work with cotton, Rayon, or Linen because it is cold set.  If you do a T-shirt look for 100% cotton or Rayon if it has polyester in it the poly will not dye.  Since it will not take long to set this up you can continue to microwave or parfait dye other things.

Bring your bucket or bin and a perforated tray plus a plastic bag to take it home in.  I'll bring the ice and the dye.

These are a few of the Parfait dyed items from last week.  "Way to go girls"

Things Finished and New Things Started

Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of weeks, but right after class I went to the Sewing Expo in Washington and then it was busy, busy.

 Here are some of the things that were done in the last painting class.  It was lots of fun and I think everyone learned a lot of new techniques and tricks.  Mary was into fish, and did a very nice scarf.

 

 Amelia did not just one but two dresses for her twin granddaughters with a "Frozen" theme

 Melanie's Camelia scarf is so lovely.

We look forward to seeing Karen wearing this darling blouse.

 Myrna is still working on this wonderful Japanese themed jacket.  I hope she will bring it in when it is finished so you all get to see it.

 Janet is still "in process" on this amazing Calla Lily jacket.  She has been taking her time to make it perfect and it is.

 Midge shared some Parfait dyed scarves with us last week.

 Pat has finished her hand  painted jacket and has painted fabric for a shell to go under it.  Way to go!

 Susan is back with us this session and shared a couple of discharged tee shirts she had made.

 We concentrated on "Parfait Dyeing" with Procion dye and cotton last week.  I had ordered some hand woven cotton scarves from Dharma and had neglected to wash out the starch and sizing before trying to dye them.  The starch resisted the dye, but after we all gave them a quick wash in some Blue Dawn and a bit of Soda Ash  they took the dye just beautifully.  NOTE*  Remember to wash out the starch and sizing before trying to dye commercial fabrics and anything that is not PFD.

 This is my result of dyeing a washed scarf.  Below is the other scarf washed out and over dyed.  It is more intense, but a bit muddled in the colors; because of the double dyeing.

Next Wednesday we will be using the Microwave Ovens to create the heat to set our dyes.  Bring either cotton or silk as I will bring both kinds of dyes, and explain the differences.  We will do several Shibori folds and ties to give our fabric or scarves some patterns and then set them in the Microwaves.  This is instant gratification.

Continued Painting

 This is the finished silk painting I started in the Workshop I had gone to a couple of weeks ago in San Diego.  I added the sea shells and coral into a space that needed just a little something to make it sing.

 This is a detail of one of the corners.

 This is the demo of using thickened dye (Sodium alginate and Seta Silk) to paint directly on the silk without gutta lines.

Details of the birds and leaves.  When I washed the fabric it got a little lighter because unlike the dye which will penetrate, the paint that was on top of the sodium alginate thickener washed away.  It is still nice, but I should have thought that through.  The line work did not penetrate the dry sodium alginate and so most of it washed away;  however I went back with the fabric pens and put the lines back again.  I will think through the steps next time.  Now I know.

If you are planning to take the next group of classes they start Wednesday March 4 at 10 am
Bring 2 yard of PFD or pre washed white cotton, scissors, and a couple large jars or plastic containers with  lids to do parfait dying in.   I will only bring Procion for cotton.  I have some hand woven cotton scarves coming that will be fun to dye also.

WE TOOK A VOTE

The class schedule said we would sew the last two weeks, but the consenses option is we would rather continue to paint and do our sewing at home.


DO NOT BRING YOUR SEWING MACHINE!!!!!  

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PAINT FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.  



The next session of classes starts on Wednesday March 4 and we will be dyeing (as opposed to painting).  I am ordering handwoven cotton scarves from Dharma for us to do parfait dyeing on the first day.  The materials fee will be $20 and cover the cost of the cotton scarves plus dyes.  We haven't done cotton scarves yet so why not!  You will be providing your own fabric or scarves for the rest of the class.  I will bring both acid dyes for silk and Procion MX for cotton or rayon after the first day.  That way you can choose what fabric you want to use.  We will do Microwave dyeing,  ice dyeing, parfait dyeing, shibori, and a few other techniques.
If you are newer to the class you may want to just work on scarves to try the different techniques.

Wonderful Week end

 I went to a silk painting workshop with Suzanne Vizor sponsored by the San Diego Silk Painters Guild.  The following photos are some of the workshop participants work.  We were working without gutta lines of resist and getting amazing patterns.

 We used dried paper towels that had been used to soak up spilled and left over dye to re-wet and transfer beautiful color designs back onto the silk.  Also I had never used Urea pellets to discharge color, but it is great fun.

 There are some great techniques to share with you on Wednesday.  We were using dye at the workshop so it does some things the Seta Silk won't.  I'm glad we have experienced the Seta Silk; because I love some of the things it does better than dye, and also some of the things only dye can do.

A Week Off

 It was good to have a week for students to work at home.  Several got lots of work done.  The example of Audrey's beautiful Ginkgo leaves on a jacket for one, but wait! Audrey did more...

 Not just  leaves, but Nasturtium  flowers as well.  So beautiful.  And if that wasn't a treat...

Myrna blew us away with her English History jacket.  It is magnificent.  There were so many beautiful things in this jacket and then she showed another one made from kimono she had purchased on her trip to Japan.  Check out the red cording down the front and on the sleeves.  So cool.

Karen and Pat had fabric painted and we are looking forward to seeing finished garments soon.
  I'm still working on my green parrot blouse.  All I need is time to sew a bit more.

I have ordered more "Resistad"  I ordered in 100g containers.  I hope it comes that way and I will just sell you an un-mixed container like this.  With the shipping and tax it will be about $23 per container, but I won't know the final price until it comes.  The shipping has varied in the past.  You can do lots of gutta lines with 100g  and color it what ever color you need or want.

This week-end I am off to San Diego to a Suzanne Vizor workshop that I'm excited to take.  I hope I come back with lots of tips and tricks for us to try.  I'll see you Wednesday.  In the meantime PAINT!

No Class this Wednesday

There will not be a class this Wednesday. 
I will be baby sitting.  
Keep painting!  I'll see you on February 4