Well, we woke up to 4 inches of snow this morning. it snowed off and on all day yesterday and most of the night. sigh!! i really, really don't like snow. but i dislike ice even more and we don't have ice...so i guess i should be happy.
Since i have to deal with the snow, what better thing to do that some fabric snow dyeing. i cut 2 yard pieces of PFD muslin last night and ran them through the washing machine. and soaked them overnight in a pail of water. i figured i would do 4 tubs. i also threw in a few smaller pieces of muslin that i had in the cabinet. i normally only do 1 yard pieces so i am anxious to see what happens.
I wanted to try some 2 color dyeing. i sure hope they turn out. first i mixed bright yellow and some burgundy. i put the yellow on the bottom and poured the burgundy on the top. Then i tried red violet and marigold putting the violet on the bottom. next i mixed some cerulean blue and some lemon yellow. i put the blue on the bottom this time. when i mixed my yellow i got a few specks of the blue in there...drat. so my yellow came out sort of muddy. oh, well, just another experiment. then i mixed fire red and sky blue. i put each color mainly on one side and mixed just a tad in the middle. we'll see how that works. i had one piece of muslin left that was about a yard, so i mixed up some imperial purple and used that. all by itself.
I am excited to see what happens. they are sitting in their snow filled tubs in the reading room...the coolest room in the house. i shall let them languish in the snow till later this afternoon when i get back from the studio. then will give them a look-see and inspect the results. cross your fingers for pretties. LOL
Then, since i was in the dyeing mood, i dyed my hair. haha i had gotten some dye a few weeks back and it sat in the cabinet. i spied it last night and decided to needed to use it up since i want to cut my hair soon. so, we shall see what happens there, too. normally i do a reddish dye. but i am all gray now, so decided to switch to a blonde...which is what i was originally in life. it is a new product that i used. i hope i don't come up with green hair. i am going to my sister's on thursday to help her celebrate her birthday and she might not want to be seen with a person with green hair. well, she can just pretend she doesn't know me. LOL
Stay turned tomorrow for picture results of all the fun dyeing.
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Shirley I'm very impressed with your blog. You seem to be blogging with the same enthusiasm you apply to everything else in your life. Blogspot problem: your pictures are disappearing when you edit them in your blog. You CAN cut & paste them back in, but DON'T resize or drag. I hope that helps.
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