More Adventures in Dying

 Yesterday I was cleaning out some stash items and ran across a pattern I got from somewhere called "Black Hat Lady Green Eyes".  It came with 14 count white aida so I decided first, that I would change the fabric out for some 22 count white aida that I had, then decided I would dye it.

It came out pretty well I think.

 

I then decided that I would dye the original 14 count fabric with the left over dye and it came out more pastel. 

 

Now I think I am going to use the original 14 count fabric that is a lighter green and save the 22 count green fabric for something else.

This pattern is from Design Works crafts.  I believe it came in a grab bag that I ordered many years ago.  It comes with some beads.  Not sure why it was unpackaged.  Perhaps I considered it at one time and then set it aside.  At any rate, it will end up being quite a large project so I am thinking of just doing the face and hand portion and cutting the arm short. 

 

And then I got the bright idea to try some floss.  I have a large spool of DMC blanc, so what the hey.

It was interesting, and I am not sure I would do it again, but maybe doing the Tree of Stitches project will be perfect for these odd variations.

 

 

Perhaps it is just me, but the white floss off the spool does not have the same texture as a skein of blanc DMC.  It seems stiffer somehow.  Even prior to dying it. 

 

 

Nothing else to report until I do an update in a few days. 

 

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First Attempt at Dying Fabric

Had my first dye session.  It was interesting.  Not as hard as I thought in some ways but not as easy as it sounds in others.  Achieving a desired result might be an issue.  I only tried to dye some Aida fabrics that I picked up here and there from thrift stores.  Figured that was a good starting point.

At this point I was just dying to be dying and learned quite a bit.  Like, if you want purple, use purple dye.  If you blend red and blue, most of the blue will wash out leaving mostly the red dye rather than the thing ending up being purple. 

Now bear in mind that I am not an experienced dyer by any means.  I am sure that I did not follow the instructions so I may not have left the dye on the fabric long enough, had the perfect mixture or followed any real "rules" that may exist.  I just got dye from Walmart, mixed it up and went to town.

As I said, if I was trying for a certain effect for a certain project I might be in trouble.  So far, however, I had a pretty good time.