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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
To dye for
The last 2 Saturdays I had a blast dyeing fabrics with lots of different techniques and then creating a Japanese tunic with my dyed linen.
I ventured out to the Art Students League of Denver--a fabulous old building downtown with creaking wooden floors, a double staircase, fabulous library and several open studios. Jo Fitzell was our famous dye expert and she walked us through classic tie dye, soy wax resist, dye painting, ombre and shiburi techniques of dyeing. I was going for indigo shades with a little turquoise and lavender as my palate. I came home with 6 yards of dyed linen and fingernails stained dark blue.
I ventured out to the Art Students League of Denver--a fabulous old building downtown with creaking wooden floors, a double staircase, fabulous library and several open studios. Jo Fitzell was our famous dye expert and she walked us through classic tie dye, soy wax resist, dye painting, ombre and shiburi techniques of dyeing. I was going for indigo shades with a little turquoise and lavender as my palate. I came home with 6 yards of dyed linen and fingernails stained dark blue.
The second Saturday was at Fancy Tiger Crafts where we put our new fabrics to work. We had a personal sewing instructor, a room full of sewing machines and work tables. We got to work designing, cutting and sewing our garment
and the final result
The finished Japanese tunic with some purchased linen at an office party with my co-worker, Mary
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