Dyed Fabrics

  • Using Quirky Fabrics

    ByEllen Lindner

    I’m very comfortable using commercial and hand-dyed fabrics in my creations, but I have a few quirky fabrics that I have to treat differently.  Things that ravel, ones that melt, and thin silks. I recently pulled out a few of these to think about how I might use them.  The yellow-green fabrics are the result…

  • Dyeing Scarves

    ByEllen Lindner

    My sister and I had a great time attending a recent scarf dying class.  Taught by my good friend, Jo-Ann Jensen, she provided me with plain silk, knowing that I’d want to use it in quilts.  Of course! She first taught us how to do a tie-dye sort of thing.  She calls her geodes.  Well,…