Dying

Olive says ....

I am on a roll at the minute - running in from work to set up dye baths between doing the ironing etc!
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I  did some dying last night - mixed results. Thought I would dye a colour wheel - in some cases dye took very well - yet in other where I had used a different colour of blue dye - it just washed out????? Does procien dye go 'off' in powder form? I Must admit my dyes have been lying around for a couple of years. However still managed to get some really interesting coloured cloth. Also tried using my 'doughnuts' that I got at the quilt show. You simply fold the material and clamp it between 2 rubber clamps and dip in dye bath - voila- circles dyed onto material.

 

 

Olives Birmingham trip

Olive says....

I went to Quilting show in Birmingham and came home wanting to dye, rust,batik, laminate, screen print fabric. My head is spinning and I don't know where I want to start. Did manage to set up some sun printing today at 7am so that it would have a chance to 'cure' whilst I was tied up with other family commitments today. Really liked the effect - particularly with the keys and the letterset. Now to find some things that I can get  to rust into fabric.

The show so far

We've had a lot of positve feedback from visitors to Titanic Belfast...and the Demonstrations have been very popular....

Heres a few pictures, with thanks to Olive and Christine

For Titanic

I thought that as we were exhibiting at the Titanic building a few sea-themed pieces may be appropriate. These were inspired by some photos we took on a walk at Helens Bay

Stormy Sea

 Rain at sea

Calm sea

Our Great News!

 Our good news is that we have been asked to exhibit in the Andrews Gallery at the Titanic Experience . This is quite an honour- and a source of stress- as we have had only 6 weeks warning!

But  there's no challenge we can't meet- and on Saturday 11.08.12 we will be on display!

Have a wee look here    http://titanicbelfast.com/- its a very impressive building ......

I made a heartfelt plea at our meeting on Monday for pictures of "work in progress" from the Ladies , and the very next day these had dropped into my inbox- It 's a sneaky peak at what will be on display .

first- a wall hanging by Irene -handmade felt and free-machine embroidery.

 I don't know whose  hands are holding it up.....but they give a fine indication of scale....

I also got these from Alma  - a tryptic  exploring a young girls voyage into the world to better herself

 

beautiful detailed work!

AND more good news ! we have  a new member

WELCOME and happy stitching to Anne Hardcastle .