Archive for dyeing
Those napkins
I got the urge to deal with them today. Rather suddenly, in fact, while in the midst of packing and shipping orders. I had just taped the last envelope closed, and was weighing the packages in preparation for postage printing, when I had this overwhelming desire to dye those stained napkins. I couldn’t shake it, [...]
continue reading "Those napkins"Vintagey stripe envy
As you may know, we’ve been using cloth napkins around here since 2007. I’ve gone a little loopy over them from time to time (the evidence can be found here, if you need some convincing). I have an everyday set, and three seasonal sets of 20-25 coordinating prints each, and I change them out in [...]
continue reading "Vintagey stripe envy"Tie dye day
It was Tie Dye Day at the kids’ school on Friday, and I thought they could use some new threads. Their only other tie dye was t-shirts we made together four years ago (we made them big and they still fit!) Not to be left out of the fun, I made one for myself, too. [...]
continue reading "Tie dye day"Breezy Ombré Tank Top
I discovered last year that I really liked cotton lawn fabric for summer – it’s so lightweight and breathable. The only problem is that it’s hard to find inexpensively. Enter Dharma Trading Company and their nice selection of unprinted fabrics. Plain white cotton lawn can be had for a fraction of the cost of the [...]
continue reading "Breezy Ombré Tank Top"A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness
I have to thank you all for the feedback on my partially-completed shawl. I was on the fence about splurging for the materials to finish the project, and your comments gave me a lot of food for thought… So, I bought the other two skeins and finished the shawl. But not before I ripped out [...]
continue reading "A shawl, a shirt, and a touch of madness"Going green
Back in college, I thought it would be fun to dye my hair purple. And for the last six years, I’ve been entertaining thoughts of cherry red chunks of color – one on each side of my part. Both fun and artsy ideas, that I have never had the guts to try. So, here I [...]
continue reading "Going green"Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells
It all started last week, when I destroyed my new bamboo shirts and was left with nothing new to wear, despite several hours of work and even more hours of daydreaming about how nice those new bamboo shirts would have been to wear all spring and summer. That left me feeling distinctly dissatisfied, naturally, and [...]
continue reading "Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells"(Mis)adventures in tub-dying
I’ve had this post planned for oh, two or three weeks. I was going to show you this luscious bamboo fabric, the two fabulous shirts I sewed from it, and the magical transformation that came over them when I stirred them around in a few buckets of dye. There were a few glitches along the [...]
continue reading "(Mis)adventures in tub-dying"Unique batik
Sarah forwarded a link to me this morning for a Martha Stewart “Easy Batik” project. I’ve always really loved the look of batik, but have never considered trying it myself – entirely too complicated. But Martha’s project looked very very simple. The only thing I found wrong with it was the fact that it didn’t [...]
continue reading "Unique batik"Wardrobe renaissance
Have I mentioned how much I love tub dying? I think I might have, here. Or maybe here. At any rate, if you haven’t heard it before, “I love tub dying.” I love that I can take clothes that may normally have been destined for the giveaway pile, and instead transform them into something I [...]
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