dye day? ( was [Ponte Alto] Dye Day (was RE: speaking of fabric )

[l e storey]

picking up an earlier thread ... is there still a plan for a Dye Day
later this month?

thx

-Siobhan / Laura

--- ArtsofPalm at aol.com wrote:
> Reesa, you are absolutely invited!  I'm looking at a timeframe of
> July 17th 
> or 24th of July.  Saturday is best, because it's a messy and long
> process, so I 
> plan to do much of this outside.  Therefore, weather may dictate a
> raindate, 
> which could push us into Sunday.
> 
> As it gets closer to the date, I will pull together a list of items
> that 
> would be helpful to bring along (e.g., salt, bucket, twine if you
> intend to 
> bind...) nothing earth shattering.  In case you are going to look for
> fabric to dye 
> between now and then, I have died silk, linen and cotton with the
> procion.  
> The only other fabric I recommend is rayon (hemp is supposed to work
> well too).  
> Do not plan on wool working, nor acetate or poly fibers.  
> 
> If you are interested in sewing up somthing and dyeing it fully sewn,
> I've 
> done this too and only advise to be careful of what thread you use.
> 
> Meanwhile, if you have any questions about what colors, how much
> fabric you 
> wish to dye, etc.  please email me.
> 
> 
> YIS, 
> Irene
> 
> In a message dated 6/16/2004 9:46:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> reesah at cox.net 
> writes:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>     I'm new to the Barony and was wondering if this would be more a 
> friends-only sort of thing or if anyone would be welcome.  I've
> always wanted to try 
> dyeing my own fabric, but have never had the space needed for it.  
> 
>     Please forgive the intrusion.  We now return you to your
> regularly 
> scheduled list...
> 
> Reesa
> reesah at cox.net
> > _______________________________________________
> Ponte-Alto mailing list
> Ponte-Alto at atlantia.sca.org
> http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/ponte-alto
>