Dyeing Surprises

Small doily made from the crochet cotton dyed in sea foam. Not very sea foamy, but interesting subtle color. 

I wanted peach fabric for making a blouse. Hm...... I knew I was going for intense peach when I made up the dye bath. I keep thinking of the color of a ripe peach. It's going to be interesting to see how this fades out. 

Jim's Latest Pens

Along with rollerball pens, Jim has been making fountain pens. Above is his favorite. 

What I Did With The Dyed Crochet Cotton

This is some of the crochet cotton from the last dye experiment. 

Commissioned Shirt

Fourth and final shirt for my customer. 

A Little Fiber Art

I discovered that it's a whole lot easier to find the top of the flat sheet when there's embroidery. So I grabbed my fancy threads and my fancy stitches and spent quality time in the sewing room making pretty sheets. 

Sparkly Rings

I've been wanting to play with jewelry for a while, so  I got out my wire and the Sworovski crystals and made a few rings. 

I Dyed

I got some new dyes and had to test them out. I took some pieces of fabric that I wasn't sure the contents of and some cotton crochet thread. I filled mason jars about 1/2 way with water, added salt and dye. I soaked the fabric and crochet thread in soda water and then added one fabric and one thread skein to each jar. 

It's been too cold out to do dyeing out side, so the jars sat in my laundry tub overnight. Then the pieces were rinsed out and washed in Dharma's version of Synthropol. 

I can't wait to start playing with the crochet thread. 

I want to use this dye on fabric for a blouse. I love the color. 

This was the only disappointment. I was using 1/16 of a teaspoon of dye. Clearly, this color needs more dye than that. I'll have to play around with it a little more. 

My Latest Clay Work

This is the creamer inspired by dried poppy seed pods. Low fire white clay. 

My first attempt at making ladles. Low-fire white clay. 

Casserole inspired by dried poppy seed pods and made from mica clay. That dark spot is where I had to wet the clay to repair a crack. 

This one is a happy accident. I was going to make it into a sugar bowl, but I waited too long and the pot dried too much to finish it. I liked the way the bowl looked, so it's going to be bisqued, glazed and fired.