dye day? ( was [Ponte Alto] Dye Day (was RE: speaking of fabric )
l e storey
lestorey at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 13 14:45:38 PDT 2004
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
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