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
Love the spliced piece, Ellen! My 1st thought was of sun rise or set. But I’m sure you’ll come up with something more interesting!
Thanks, Jennifer. I’m now improv pieceing it with a few other fabrics. Lots of curves and skinny lines. I’m definitely having fun but I’m sorta at that “What was I thinking?” stage.