A Week at ProChem

I’m one lucky girl.  I got to spend a week at ProChem taking a week long dyeing/printing class with Pat Pauly. What an EXCELLENT class room set up!

I was anxious to get started, wearing ratty shirt #1. (These dyeing shirts definitely “spark joy!”)

See the paper on the wall behind me? That’s because the top parts of the walls are pinable.  Very useful. We each had a full table and a comfy chair.  We had 5 laundry sized sinks at our disposal, plus one power sprayer/washout tub. PLUS a washer and a dryer!

But, this is where it really got exciting: our drying clothesline.

Look at the size of this thing! It goes way back to the left wall, with lines about every 6 inches.

I called it the fabric forest. And I got more than a little color on me because of going into it. (You KNOW I didn’t mind that!)

For fabrics that were too goopy to hang we had a large rolling structure with flat drying trays which slid out. This thing got a lot of use.

I’m already trying to figure out how hubby can make me a smaller one that disassembles. He’s an engineer and an expert wood worker, so I know he’ll figure it out.

I was really spoiled by the set up at ProChem and I really recommend it.  If you get a chance to take one of their classes, do it!

Ellen Lindner
P.S. Of course, I’ll show you some of my fabric soon and other class photos.