As I was winding down on my recent dye session, I tried a very random exercise. I loosely pleated a piece of fabric and scraped on a variety of different colors, as well as some clear paste. It was a gooey mess when I finished!
But, when I washed it out I found out that the underneath folds had not received any color. I got a roughly striped fabric. Hmm. The colored parts were great, but I didn’t want a stripe.
I decided to carefully cut away most of the white and then piece the colored parts together. Of course, I had to plan for seam allowances. I also saved the white parts, planning to piece them back together, too.
Here’s what I got. Kinda gorgeous, right? The hint of stripeyness is now appealing to me. I may need to tone down that large white blob, though.
Uh oh! I accidentally pieced this with wrong sides together. The side with the seams actually shows the brighter version of the fabric.
There’s not a big difference, though. I think I can use either side, actually.
Now, what do do with it. Any ideas?
Ellen Lindner
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