Monday, October 1, 2012

Coloring

I hadn't really planned to do any dying, but Barb had done some and there were lots of mixed dyes leftover,so we decided that our Autumn Equinox event would be to do some dying.
I had been intrigued by fabric pastels and had found some on sale, also I had purchased a bunch of fabric at a yard sale during the summer for super cheap, so I made ready for a coloring project.




Here is step one, sitting on the porch beneath the hops and beside the grapes in the sun, sipping tea and coloring.




Step two, "coloring" in the lines with dye.




Step three, adding background color, dye, of course.








The process:












And here is one version of the finished product.





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