Category Archives: dyeing

Sunday Stash August 28, 2022

Posted on August 28, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

No change in the numbers. A busy week of meetings and household tasks kept me out of the sewing room. Next week should be calmer. Last weekend’s quilt show inspired me to order some new dyes and paints. A few … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stash July 31, 2022

Posted on July 31, 2022 by quiltpaintcreate

No countable fabric in or out this week. I gave some wool to a member of my art quilt group last month who is learning to dye it for applique. She dyed what I gave her and brought me some … Continue reading →

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Shibori

Posted on October 14, 2021 by quiltpaintcreate

Many years ago I took a shibori class through my Guild. I don’t remember who taught it, but I do remember she made a living through installation art and not teaching or writing books. The best part of the class … Continue reading →

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Hosting Inspiration

Posted on August 1, 2020 by quiltpaintcreate

I hung this on my design wall and a couple weeks later an idea came wandering in. It took another day for it to introduce itself. Once we started talking, I knew I’d met something cool and interesting. It gave … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stash July 19, 2020

Posted on July 19, 2020 by quiltpaintcreate

No fabric in or out this week. I didn’t turn on my sewing machine all week. I thought about it. And I looked at stash fabric. This piece I painted. This piece I dyed and discharged. I’m still thinking. Fabric … Continue reading →

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The Original Plan – Thoughts

Posted on July 6, 2017 by quiltpaintcreate

It feels good when a plan comes together. A piecing project now lives on the table with the piecing machine, and a UFO that needs quilted lives next to the quilting machine. There will be some preliminary stitching done on … Continue reading →

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Third Stitching To Dye Finish

Posted on May 26, 2017 by quiltpaintcreate

The third Stitching To Dye piece went into the second dye bath this weekend. I wanted to make sure it was done for my Art Quilt Group meeting Tuesday night. To recap, here is the finished quilt before dyeing. Here … Continue reading →

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Dye Round One

Posted on May 18, 2017 by quiltpaintcreate

I went on a quilting tear Sunday and dyed the Stitching To Dye #3 piece Sun Yellow. The last step in this experiment is to over dye it one more color. I’m thinking raspberry. I also think I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Knowing When To Stop

Posted on April 20, 2017 by quiltpaintcreate

The Stitching To Dye quilt #3 is now a finished top. There was a bit of auditioning in the sewing room of plain borders and a piano key border, but this quilt wants to stay simple. It told me not … Continue reading →

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The Beginnings Of S2D3

Posted on March 23, 2017 by quiltpaintcreate

Sounds like a science project or a new drug study…. Actually, it’s me pulling fabric for the Stitching To Dye Quilt #3. In this round I need to use black and white prints, solid black, 100% cotton trims and the … Continue reading →

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