The Marbled Fabric Dyed
In theory, overdying the marbled fabric worked great. In practice though, I should have had a few colors of dye. This red is too bloody for what I had in mind. A clever girl would have dyed two pieces in the dark red, two in bright red, and two in orange. Or maybe, started with orange, and if it didn’t work, gone progressively darker. Of course, I’ve never been much of a tester when it comes to this kind of thing. I do tend to throw caution to the wind. Sometimes it works, and sometimes I fall flat on my face.
On teh other hand, I overdyed a commercial fabric and two other hand dyes with a dark peaty green at the same time and they turned out just how I had hoped they would. I have discharge plans for those, and now at Gerrie’s oh so wise suggestion, I’ll try discharging these too. Well, maybe I’ll start with just one!
Tags: hand dyed fabric, marbled fabric
March 14th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Oh the possibilities and yes, Gerrie is right…..time for some discharging! OHHHH look forward to seeing what you come up with!
March 14th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Mother knows best – even the virtual kind. I absolutely love the serendipity of discharging.
March 14th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
These turned out to be very rich … fantastic for accent fabrics. I can’t wait to see what it looks like with some discharging.
March 15th, 2010 at 8:01 am
I actually love these, but then again I’m kind of a red person! The color is so deep and intense! I’ll be interested to see what happens when you try discharging.
March 15th, 2010 at 8:48 am
I understand that you had imagined something other than the results you got, but wow, these are just gorgeous! I adore the deep reds. Now it will be fascinating to see how you will transform these by discharging.
March 15th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Still, very dramatic! They’re lovely.
March 17th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Ditto what Diane says…. Look great now, but I’m curious about what comes next.
March 20th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Olá, amiga!
Voltei para mais uma visitinha…
Seu cantinho continua lindo, criativo e acolhedor…
Um ótimo fim de semana!
Beijinhos.
Itabira – Brasil