Monday, December 8, 2008

Bent Pieces Quilt, Handdyes, Ice Dyed Fabric

I have been working on this quilt for the last few days. I used both handdyed fabric and batiks in it. The name of the pattern is Bent Pieces. Now I need to quilt it and I haven't decided how to yet or even what color thread to use. Any ideas?
After hearing so much about ice dyeing I thought I would try a piece. The pictures below are a full yard in size the bottom picture is a close up. Ice Dyeing is when you take your fabric and soak it in soda ash for at least 10 minutes then you take the piece and put it in your freezer in a cup, bowl, or baggie and after it is frozen you take it out and add the dye to it and let your fabric thaw. I do like the results I got so I will probably do more it, you get a different texture on it then what I get when I snowdye.

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful quilt Judi. What were the colours in the snow-dye just curious? They look red and grey on my monitor, turned out really nice. I have snow as well and am itching to try some dyeing but I'm "snowed" under by other stuff at the moment.

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  2. Interesting technique, I really need to try this sometime. Your quilt is gorgeous too.

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  3. Love the ice dyeing! I'm sure those will be big sellers along with our snow dyes! I'll have to give it a try after the first of the year! The quilt is beautiful - hard to think of a suggestion of quilting and thread. That's always my big problem everytime I make a quilt top. Thanks for the inspirations!

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  4. The previous post should have read, your snow dyes, not our now dyes. I don't have snow down here to do anything with much less dyeing fabric! Sorry for the typo.

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  5. gorgeous fabric, Judi, and stunning quilt! I guess I would quilt it in either a mulberry/purple or a mustard/yellow depending on how much I wanted it to stand out. I love the funky pattern!

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  6. Beautiful quilt Judi,,I wouldn't know how to tell you to quilt it...and I love your ice dyeing fabrics,,awesome!!!

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