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.
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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