This has been on my to-do-wish list for a while now....like several years.... :). Why did it take me so long to attempt it ?.....well.....after reading up on it and taking notes of all the supplies and steps, ....... mentally I was exhausted. There were so many supplies like the different dyes and chemicals, the right fabric, the proper space and it really does get messy and time consuming.
Finally I decided to do it my way, forget all the many steps, chemicals and fabrics. I will use what I like and do it my way, the short cut way using the inks I think will work well without the extra chemicals required and the fabric I like.
Praise the Lord, it worked. I am so grateful and thrill that this project is a success. Yesterday, I went to buy a bolt of the fabric cos I was not sure how much I would need and what size fabric I was going to dye. I didn't start off with a concrete plan. It was all in my head I think or something like that but I knew I was going to experiment and have fun.
As soon as I got back home, I started cutting the fabric into one yards and then somehow from there I started cutting the one yards into fours. I decided that fat quarters would be a good size to start with each color. I already have the fabric inks from a while back that I had bought but didn't know what I was going to do with them.....:) After they came out from the washer, I started dyeing them without really knowing how I was going to attempt it except to just have fun and get it done. It was trial and error, no measuring, just adding more ink or water when I feel it needed more and using my bare hands to squeeze the fabrics to absorb the dyes.
Because my hands were so dirty with inks all over, I didn't get a chance to take pictures of the whole process. But less than 24 hours after I started, tada......I now have my own dyed fabrics.....all 7 yards of them...:) I love it. I think they are beautiful. I can't wait to make something with them.
Finally I decided to do it my way, forget all the many steps, chemicals and fabrics. I will use what I like and do it my way, the short cut way using the inks I think will work well without the extra chemicals required and the fabric I like.
Praise the Lord, it worked. I am so grateful and thrill that this project is a success. Yesterday, I went to buy a bolt of the fabric cos I was not sure how much I would need and what size fabric I was going to dye. I didn't start off with a concrete plan. It was all in my head I think or something like that but I knew I was going to experiment and have fun.
As soon as I got back home, I started cutting the fabric into one yards and then somehow from there I started cutting the one yards into fours. I decided that fat quarters would be a good size to start with each color. I already have the fabric inks from a while back that I had bought but didn't know what I was going to do with them.....:) After they came out from the washer, I started dyeing them without really knowing how I was going to attempt it except to just have fun and get it done. It was trial and error, no measuring, just adding more ink or water when I feel it needed more and using my bare hands to squeeze the fabrics to absorb the dyes.
Because my hands were so dirty with inks all over, I didn't get a chance to take pictures of the whole process. But less than 24 hours after I started, tada......I now have my own dyed fabrics.....all 7 yards of them...:) I love it. I think they are beautiful. I can't wait to make something with them.
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| 7 yards of hand dyed fabrics. |
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