Dyeing Safety for the Environment
When we moved to the country, we moved to a home with a well and a septic system; I put a pause on my dyeing work until I could learn how to safely dye in this environment. I thought, since I…
Home Alone
As a kid, I always thought my mom was so funny when my dad left town. She would take on huge projects like rebuilding the deck or painting the ceiling in the living room (it's a cathedral ceiling, this is…
batik on quilting fabric
I can't believe this worked! I batiked on conventional quilting fabric!!! So exciting!!! This may be a case of me mis-remembering things read long ago, but I swear that when I was first leaning to use wax resist (i.e., batik)…
Dye Day
I'm going on a retreat with the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. On my list of quilt tops I'd like to finish is one called the "full stops" quilt. This was begun ages ago...inspired by a collage by Anna Betts,…
Malka Stops By
Today’s blog post includes an interview with Malka Dubrawsky, one of my favorite quilters and dyers. Malka has a book out called Color Your Cloth: A Quilter's Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric in which she explains how to dye…