Black and White Fabrics, (and Grey Too)

I have a quilt in mind which will need a variety of black and white, and grey and white fabrics.  So, I spread out some white fabric and started applying thickened dye.

You’ll recognize the patterns of these first two.  They’re done with the same interfacing stencils shown in earlier posts.

Dyeing black and white fabrics. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

The grey one, below left, was done with another interfacing stencil. On the right I used an open grid as a stamp.  Although it was a grid, the lines in one direction printed stronger than those in the other direction.  With GREAT RESTRAINT I took advantage of this and printed almost straight lines in the bottom portion. However, in the top half, I indulged my preference as I overlapped and reoriented the grid while stamping.  Two patterns for one!

Dyeing black and white fabrics. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

At one point, I had so much black dye on my work surface that I used it as a monoprint, (top half below.)  I scratched a few lines in it and then laid the fabric on top.  Voila!

Dyeing black and white fabrics. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

The bottom portion shown above features an overlapping grid stencil when I resisted the TEMPTATION to turn it.

And here’s the full set of fabrics.

Dyeing black and white fabrics. Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

These are fast and fun because there’s usually just one application of dye and then you’re done. Nice!

Ellen Lindner

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2 Responses to Black and White Fabrics, (and Grey Too)

  1. Kristin F November 7, 2018 at 9:04 am #

    Nice fabrics!

  2. Ellen Lindner November 16, 2018 at 9:00 pm #

    Thanks, Kristin. I think they’re going to be very usable.

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