the results are in...

....from our dying day. 

Saying I love these new fabrics would be an understatement.

This photo includes the Egyptian cotton, the cotton  napkins and table cloth cuts.

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A few decorative napkins and lace pieces.

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The crocheted table cloth pieces.

The green section was really gross looking when I took it from the dye to rinse. I almost chucked it - but I'm glad I didn't. Here you can see I've already started to use it!

...but you will have to come back on 3/15 for the Fiberaction reveal to see more.

And here are silks.

Sue had given me a silk blank which is the tangerine piece to the left. The others are fat quarters of Dupioni silk. 

I recently bought a pair of pinking sheers at JoAnns with my coupon. I used them to cut my fabrics before dying.  I loved how the edges came, without the bird's nest after being washed.  I forgot to pink one edge of the silks and they really got chewed up in the wash/rinse.  The pinked edges were perfect.

"dying" to take a break...

Instead of quilting- today Kathleen, Sue and I got together to dye fabric.

Sue mixed up this huge selection of colors for us to work with.

I didn't really have a plan so I  just went to work mixing and combining colors.  I brought  half yard cuts of Egyptian cotton, vintage linens and an ivory crocheted table cloth. 

I did quite a few purples,  a really great nuclear green.....

...the usual obsession of pinks....

...a yellow and a few cool shades of blue.

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I mixed a few trays of combined colors. 

This particular tray of color was affectionally named "yikes".

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Both Sue and Kathleen put some lengths of fabric around pvc tubes, then added the dye to it.

Here is one Sue did.

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And here is a piece Kathleen did. The red was more of a fuchsia in real life.

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The hard part is waiting the time to rinse my fabrics. I can't wait to see the new colors! 

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But for now its time to get back quilting.