Are these Procion Dyes fade resistant? When I have dyed fibers I have had a problem with them fading when laundered. This has been significant as I was using the fabric for clothing. It is a real pain to dye a brillant magenta and end up later with a dusty rose or something.
ChildoftheUniverse
02-13-2012 08:23 AM
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful...
cuppi duke
02-13-2012 08:46 AM
Gorgeous. I too love to dye my own fabric. I haven't bought any commercial fabric in ages.
Jingle
02-13-2012 10:39 AM
Great job, can't wait to see it finished.
cleodaisy
02-13-2012 11:30 AM
Originally Posted by Johanna Fritz
(Post 4968937)
Well here goes another attempt to post a photo of my work in progress. I am making this for a guild challenge. I have used only my own hand-dyed fabrics. I made 75 fat quarter last week for this. The sun was completed 2 weeks ago. I did the moon yesterday. Now, I am checking out "The Machine Quilting Project" online to choose how to quilt each section. Wish me luck. It is due March 1st. It is about 45" square. The stack of fabric is some of what I started with.
What a fabulous quilt. You certainly met the challenge. Is the site you will look at the Leah Day site? I thought of her when I saw your picture.
cleodaisy
Johanna Fritz
02-13-2012 08:15 PM
Originally Posted by TanyaL
(Post 4971096)
Are these Procion Dyes fade resistant? When I have dyed fibers I have had a problem with them fading when laundered. This has been significant as I was using the fabric for clothing. It is a real pain to dye a brillant magenta and end up later with a dusty rose or something.
Procion dyes are some of the most light resistant and fade resistant dyes there are. If you had a piece that had that much color shift, I would guess one of two things: either the dye was not fixed with soda ash, and thus did not bond to the fibers...and so would just continue to wash out until nearly gone. Or secondly, that WAY too much dye was used than the fiber can absorb. A dark color on most hues is 4% of the weight of the dye. What that means is, if your FQ weighs 44g (like mine) and you used more than approx 2g of dye powder(per fat quarter), then you will have excess. Clear as mud? right?
TanyaL
02-13-2012 08:29 PM
I had used a different brand but I don't now remember what it was.
BETTY62
02-13-2012 08:32 PM
Awesome project. Very impressive. Good luck in the challenge.
AUQuilter
02-14-2012 05:37 AM
Wow!! You are so creative. Please post with the quilting finished.
