Thursday, August 9

Fabric Dye

I was doing some reorganization in my studio the other day and came across a piece of fabric that I had dyed some time ago. I don't recall how long ago it was but it could very easily be a year, maybe more, maybe less. And then I also remembered that I still had some dye concentrate sitting in the fridge. I don't recall how long that had been in there, maybe a year, maybe more, maybe less. Yikes!


While the turquoise blue cloth was pretty, I decided to overdye it and see if the dye concentrates had any life left in them. As you can see from the results below, they certainly did. While I forgot to measure, this piece of cloth is maybe a two-yard piece and I think it might be a wider width, maybe 58 to 60" wide.


I think I might use this as a table cloth.  I am scheduled to teach some classes this fall and I will be setting up a table to sell patterns and such, so this might make the sale table look all pretty.

5 comments:

Leslie McNeil of MarveLes Art Studios said...

Ahhh... what a delightful result! It will definitely - be more than pretty on a table! Bet you get some takers on the fabric all by itself!

One Minnesota Quilter said...

What fun for a tablecloth! It's cool how it turned out.

Judy

Anonymous said...

GREAT idea! That will attract customers :)

auntie jude

Barbara Strobel Lardon said...

Well that turned out to be two great combinations not matter when you got them or stored them in you frig. "wink!"

Karen Rips said...

Beautiful !