Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!


Turkeys, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.

I hope your turkey is juicy and delicious!

Monday, November 12, 2012

To dye for


dyed fabric in garment, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.
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.

Jo at the blender, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


buckets of dye, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


ready for shiburi, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


shiburi dye, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


tie dye, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


painted dye, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.

combo dyeing


combo dyeing, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.


cutting out fabric, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.
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


dyed fabric garment, originally uploaded by cabanagirl.
The finished Japanese tunic with some purchased linen at an office party with my co-worker, Mary