No snow? No problem

Photographing and posting the snow dyes I did this winter inspired me to do more. I didn't let the minor issue of no snow slow me down. I put a two gallon bucket of soda soaked fabrics in the freezer last night. I had 10-12 yards of various fabrics hanging in the gargage waiting for me to do something. Well something finally came along in the form of a gray rainy day.

I am ready for summer.

I had planned to dye two batches. The fabric had other ideas. It was impossible to spit into two piles. The purple/green run will have to wait.

Set up and ready for fabric

Santa Fe blue & Adobe Rose. I threw a little lilac in there to cover some white areas.

Rice resist update

Rice flour resist. Sapphire blue & jet black mixed 2/1

Interesting. Will have to apply it thicker next time

March already

Ok........ I spent 20 minutes writing a wordy post and Blogger ate it! So pictures only now that I don't have time for do-overs.

Rice flour

This looks like it may be interesting. Several things I learned:

1) 50/50 mix of rice flour & water results in dry fabric absorbing moisture faster than I could spread paste. I ended up mixing it at about 2 to1.
2) Very smooth coverage once it's thinned enough. No cracking on the surface as it dries. Drying
will take longer as the amount of water was doubled.
3) A 16oz bag of rice flour makes approximately 4 cups of resist. I used just under 2 cups on a 36x44 piece of Kona Bay. This could result in an economical resist if it works as well as dextrin. I doubt it will give the detailed cracking, but could prove interesting.

Can't resist a resist

My last post showed the beginning of an oatmeal resist technique. Here are the results of that plus a bonus resist, potato flakes! I went shopping at the asian grocery, so will post picks from my next round of resists. These include tapioca starch, rice starch and of course flour resist.

Oatmeal. Jet black poured down the center, pushed to edges adding water to dilute.

Oatmeal detail

Oatmeal detail

Potato flake resist batching.

Potato flake back

Potato flake back

Potato flake finished. Moss green. Pattern was made using the bottom of a plant try.

Potato flake detail

Potato flake detail.

Current events

The Ombre turned out OK. They are not OMG beautiful, but they are acceptable. My ugly perfectionism is rearing it's head, but I am doing my best to tamp it down.

On to more positive things. Here are a few of the works in progress. Baby quilt for a friends new grand baby.

 Oatmeal resist.

 Oatmeal resist with dye.

 Backside.

 A little comic relief. Blue and Squeak napping.

Rinse & repeat as needed

Well Blogger ate another post. Good thing I don't spend much time posting or I would be plenty frustrated right now!
Anyhow, on to round two of the Ombre dyeing. I plan to press out the blue piece and decide if it needs another run.

Plodding along

Just pictures today with captions. Don't feel creative enough to be witty.

Judy K's grays. Will need another run or two, but think I'm in the right color zone.

Ombre fabrics. Keep those fingers crossed!

Newest quilt. An actual bed sized piece. Played with the quilt as you go method. It works, but I think I'll just wait for Whinnie or send them out if large.

Current work. Calling it "Waste Not", but may need to rename it. All these strips are dye runs I've done for Judy and they don't begin to cover all her colors.

This is how it will hang or lay.