12-09-2006. This is one of the larger "table moppers" from our last dye session some time in September. It came out with a lot of red splotching on it which I have since been reminded (thanks Empress of Dirt) comes from not thoroughly mixing the dye powder. I wonder if one of those battery powered bar tools would do the trick?
After cutting the yard in half, I laid it out on the kitchen table, misted it good with water and then doodled with Cascade using a hair dye applicator.DISCALIMER - I have no idea how I came to be in possession of such a thing. Let it sit for 10 minutes then folded it lightly and put it on a cookie sheet into a 250 degree oven for just a few minutes. DON'T FORGET TO RUN THE FAN DUMMY. Picked it out with my dead critter tongs and into the Dawn, rinse, Dawn, rinse, AntiChlor bath. A short stay in the dryer and then ironed.
The pieces were mirror images and looked interesting side by side so I seamed the two back together, cut a backing fabric to fit and used Melody's Escape Hatch technique to build the quilt. Now I'm going to let it hang on the design wall for while until I decide to treat it as whole cloth or start making plans to paint or applique on it.
What I'm getting from it
is that something is about to happen here. Even though I have replaced about a dozen of the cells with other fabrics there are
still serious value issues bothering me. I added a few more last night just pinned on but nothing was moving me. I'm real
hesitant to start digging through the fabrics for new colors and I don't want to do any painting until all the stitching
is finished. Sheers? Maybe, I'll try some tonight.What I don't want to lose are cool little passages like these;
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