My name is Charlotte, sometimes known as Ms Lottie, occasionally as The Slightly Mad Quilt Lady. This is my blog, where you'll find me writing a lot about my quilting and textile arts and a little about my family's life in a small seaside town in New Zealand. Haere mai!

Sunday, September 8, 2019

Mud vs. Rainbow - thread dyeing

I promised I’d let you know whether I got mud or pretty colours with my thread dyeing experiment yesterday.


Well, they’ve been soaked (several times), rinsed, washed, dried and wound into skeins, and voila....!


I was honestly surprised that they turned out as well as they did. There are a couple of places where they are a little ‘blotchy’. And on a couple the colour change from one to the next is sharper than I’d like, but then again, that might appeal to some people.

In the photo below you can see in the top skein and the third one down are a little patchy near the ends. But they are still lovely colours.


I’ve spent today back in the studio dyeing up another 25 skeins and another bunch of fat quarters and half metres. Now my feet hurt, and all the washing and rinsing is yet to come!

Oh, and here’s the white fat quarter the threads were sitting on. It’s not bad!



My dye table where all my dye bottles sit. I'm considering putting a piece of fabric down on the table next time, then I might get all that gorgeous patterning somewhere I can use it instead of just wiping it off.
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2 comments:

  1. Suz JSeptember 12, 2019 at 4:53 PM

    Yes, yes and yes. Those threads are beautiful! I think those variations help to add to their charm... and the fat quarter is delightful. You definitely need to capture those bottle circles!

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  2. Mystic QuilterSeptember 13, 2019 at 10:23 AM

    Beautiful colour in your dyed threads and yes, the piece of fabric has turned out better than 'not bad'! Yes, do put a piece of fabric down to gather random splodges of dye, show us the result please.

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