After washing my rainbow strip quilt for the very first time I was devastated to find that some of the blue had seeped into the surrounding white fabric. It was only a little but that… Read More »Help! My Quilt is Bleeding!
Have you ever found some really gorgeous hand dyed fabrics that you absolutely loved but passed on buying because you were afraid it would bleed and ruin your project? There’s nothing worse than spending countless… Read More »Prewashing Hand Dyed Fabrics
I really love how incredibly simple methods can lead to amazingly interesting designs. Take a look at this piece: it was made using the shibori technique called ne-maki in which I wrapped beads in the… Read More »Shibori Tie Dye Circles (Ne-Maki)
I’m totally in love with the way this peasant top turned out! I always get so excited when things turn out more or less the way they look in my head – especially when working… Read More »Shibori Waves Tie Dye Tutorial
I love trying out all sorts of different dye techniques to see what kind of effects I can make. By using a spray bottle to add tie dye over a freezer paper stencil you can… Read More »How to Spray Dye
I’ve been trying to dye a successful galaxy for months. I’ve scoured the web and attempted every tutorial that seemed like it had potential but none of them resulted in anything that looked remotely like… Read More »How to Galaxy Dye Fabric
I’d like to introduce you all to Squirrelfriend. She lives in the large oak tree just off our balcony. Sometimes she likes to come to our door to ask for peanuts, but she also loves… Read More »The Squirrelfriend Tee
When I previously showed you how to carve stamps it was a pretty simplistic design so I was able to get away with a super low-tech method for transferring the design to the rubber. But what… Read More »Easy Image Transfer for Stamp Making
I’ve finally finished my flowered wrap skirt! I totally intended to have this done months ago, but summer was so busy! At least I finished my summer wrap skirt while it’s still technically summer, even… Read More »Flower Wrap Skirt
Want to try ice dyeing but worried it’ll turn into a muddy mess? Today I’m bringing you four super easy, no-fail color ideas to make sure your fabric turns into a gorgeous masterpiece! Single pigment… Read More »4 Easy Color Ideas for Ice Dyeing
Did you know you can iron straight out of the washer? I can’t believe I didn’t realize I could be doing this sooner. I was ironing this stack of recently finished fabric pieces and going… Read More »The Best Way to Iron Wrinkles
Often times dye has a mind of its own, but sometimes with the right knowledge you can coerce it to be a little more cooperative. Today I’d like to cover a few techniques to help… Read More »Painting with Dyes on Fabric