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« Reply #60 on: August 19, 2010, 01:01:39 PM » |
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Fabulous link Betty!!!!! We do have trouble here in VA with the little buggies... some sort of dust mite is what we determined.. like... dust... in MY house... never never
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« Reply #61 on: August 19, 2010, 07:06:03 PM » |
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Maybe I will start working with wool in Nov/Dec when the temps finally drop below 85 in Tucson. 
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« Reply #62 on: August 20, 2010, 07:22:49 AM » |
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once you start weather won't hold you back... LOL!!!!  I need to be back to the Icecream cone and show you a photo.. last night I was doing research and reading a lot so no stitching.
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« Reply #63 on: August 22, 2010, 03:17:36 PM » |
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Yes, Pat, I can't wait to see the ice cream cone. Here is my funky wool album style quilt I am starting with my koolaid dyed wools. there will be 12 blocks.
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« Reply #64 on: August 22, 2010, 03:22:05 PM » |
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With the koolaid dyeing did you only dye white wool or did you overdye colors. I am going to try it on some light tan.
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« Reply #65 on: August 22, 2010, 03:28:08 PM » |
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Deb, I used one that was a winter white and two that were a light tan. One was a tweedy kind so I got a nice texture (the darker pink flower parts, and the purple basket, and the vines) I did overdye a blue plaid that I had (a pendelton shirt) and got a nice green plaid out of it.
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« Reply #66 on: August 22, 2010, 03:29:34 PM » |
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Both of the pinks in my picture, and both of the greens were done in the same batch, one with the white wool and one with the tweedy light tan.
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« Reply #67 on: August 22, 2010, 04:13:10 PM » |
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OH SO Fun!! and funky! Kool aid dyeing is fun and easy I posted a link to a few days ago. The deeper and fabric the deeper the color, just remember you can't make it lighter than the original piece. But I may try an experiment in a few weeks with Rit color remover, will let you all know what results I get.
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« Reply #68 on: August 22, 2010, 08:45:00 PM » |
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Thanks, all good info.
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« Reply #69 on: August 22, 2010, 09:03:25 PM » |
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love love love it Deb!!! as soon as I bead the icecream scoop i'll take a photo.. tonight is the sleeve of my seaside rose!
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« Reply #70 on: August 30, 2010, 09:56:45 AM » |
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Did some koolaid dyeing yesterday. It turns out great. I used lemonade, ice blue raspberry, orange and strawberry lemonade. The only thing I will do different next time is to stir the jars every so often so the color is more uniform.
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« Reply #71 on: August 30, 2010, 10:16:11 AM » |
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oh that sounds so gooooooooood!!! can you show us?
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« Reply #72 on: August 30, 2010, 03:37:56 PM » |
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Here it is. The top row is the original fabric. The next row is the finished product. I used the light tan for all the colors, the red just overdyed with the blue, and the black and white I only used with the orange. I was happy with the easiness of it.
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« Reply #73 on: August 30, 2010, 06:21:49 PM » |
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Those came out fantastic! don't you just love how easy it is? I need to do some more.
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« Reply #74 on: August 30, 2010, 06:46:01 PM » |
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Beautiful!!!!! I want to try it... Much easier than what i do with prochem...safer too!
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