zyxquilts

Last month the speaker at my quilt guild was Diane Ricks. She is a fabric artist & quilter - she was in several of the Fairfield garment challenges - & she also did a workshop for us on microwave dyeing. It was soooo much fun!!! She had us each bring 2 yards of white cotton fabric, which we cut into whatever sizes we wanted during the class. She brought lots of dyes for us to use, ready to go in liter-sized, pop-top water bottles. Diane showed us lots of different ways to fold, wad, scrunch our fabrics & off we dyed! We did Shiburi style dyeing (otherwise known as tie-dye, but Shiburi sounds classier!), started with both dry fabric & fabric wetted with salt water. She also had a DVD for sale that her daughter made, showing her techniques, so I bought one - I can have a refresher course any time!!
Anyway, here are my pieces.....
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justwannaquilt

Beautiful fabric! Your colors are amazing!

I have been wanting to dye some fabric for a king+ sized quilt. I hate to admit that it kinda intimidates me though.

Pea Soup

Wow! These are beautiful. Cool colors and textures. Looks like so much fun.
-Les

Marcia

Those came out fabulous!! I bet you had a lot of fun. I have tea-dyed fabrics, but have never used fabric dyes. It was amazing how different "flavors" of teas dyed the fabric different colors.

Charlee

Fantastic!! Absolutely gorgeous!

Chele

Wow, they turned out so cool! I've always wanted to dye fabric.

pookie ookie

Wonderful. I used to microwave dye yarn. It works like a charm.

nursie76

Awesome! I can't believe the great patterns.

amma

Awesome fabrics!!! I can't wait to see more of your dyed fabrics and what you make out of them :D :D :D

katier825

Those look great! :)