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I have been hand dyeing for many years; each year brings new discoveries. This year was not different. I discovered how to make mottled hand dyes. Who knew????
I took my PFD (prepared for dyeing) fabric and shoved it into cut off panty hose, the net bags from vegetables and the thanksgiving turkey breast, trouser socks. I soaked the blob in water and dropped it into dye baths of either RIT dye in a bucket or large zip lock bags full of MX procion dye. Yes, I used RIT dye–I let the buckets and bags sit over night in my studio and dumped them the next morning in the sink, rinsed and washed them in the washer and dried in the dryer. So easy–and beautiful results.
The sibori designs on the fabric were created using PVC plumbing pipes from Home Depot. They have it precut. I wrapped the fabric around the pipe and secured it with string; then stuck the pipes in the bucket with the rest of the dyeing fabric. Beautiful results. Next I am trying resists. Stay tuned
