Iceblossom

I was lucky enough to find a huge bag of hand-dyed fabric at the thrift store. I think I paid $9.99 for it. It was a treat to be able to simply use the fabric as fabric and not worry about the expense. The quality of the greige (untreated) was fine and it was all lovely to work with.

The dyer had obviously been working with specific techniques and different amounts/times of materials. There were only 3-4 maybe different designs but a whole lot of color variation.

Unfortunately, what I found was the dyes had not been properly fixed, that is they ran like thieves into the night. Since I didn't know what they were dyed with, it was harder to fix them. I ended up having to heat set (boil or microwave) them in addition to every other additive and technique known to dyers.

But hey, my car was in the shop and it was Bonnie Hunter time, and I the colors were pretty much what she was suggesting -- except that I used Bright Yellow as a neutral instead of white.

I still have a tote full, I will be making a large scale "camo" colored log cabin (oranges and greens) with some animal silhouettes as cabin style framed blocks.

At the quilt guild show last year, I actually won a door prize of some fancier, more purple/pink. I haven't decided where to go with that, I'm thinking maybe more pictorial? with like a watercolor garden gate foreground and muted flowers and sky in the background.