Favorite Fabrics

I’ve had some good results with my fabric dyeing.  I was going to show you the “regular” stuff and save my favorites for last.  But who has such restraint? So here they are: my favorite fabrics from my recent bout of dyeing.

For the large piece on the left below, my goal was to use multiple colors but with some repetition of pattern. I was thinking that different sections could be used together. The two pieces on the right were specifically dyed to go with the first one.  I’m liking the combo A LOT.

The color palette was inspired by this clean up rag. I wanted to play up the yellow-orange, (rather than my typical red-orange.)

Then there’s this fabric.  Again, I wanted multiple colors and had great fun just sweeping them on with a stiff squeegee (like a large credit card.)This is what it looked like wet.

Of course, the colors always look darker when it’s wet.  Here’s what it looked like dry, with some black marks added.

I love it!  The colors came out exactly as I expected and wanted. Don’t you love the black marks?  Can you see how the sweeping ones mirror the motion of my arm as I applied the background color?

The long sweeping lines were made with a credit card.  And an open grid served as a stamp.  I applied it with pressure from my hand and soon found that I had a grid imprint on my glove.  Well, I couldn’t waste that, so it went onto the fabric, too. Can you find it?  (I did about 3 hand prints.)

I can’t wait to use these awesome fabrics!

Ellen Lindner