From Irene Watson
I recently had time to play with the techniques in C June Barne’s book, Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art. I really like the pieces she’s done using her foundation technique so I ran out on a shopping spree and bought every white and off-white cotton and cotton blend in the area.
Last week I threw caution to the wind and decided to dump that bugger in a bucket of dye. I made two mistakes. The first was dyeing on a day when I was fighting a virus. I sneezed while holding the dye container over the bucket and spilled a good amount of dye into my solution. The second was ignoring the first mistake. My little golden yellow piece is now lovely neon orange. The color in the picture is not true. It’s a really eye burning orange.
I haven’t decided whether to view this as a challenge and work with it as is, to overdye it with bronze or a light red to try to tone it down, or to bleach the heck out of it to remove some of the color. I’m leaning towards bleaching it. If it ends up with holes, it’ll just be another design opportunity. Right?
3 comments:
Irene, I ejoyed seeing your latest "design possibility." I think you'll have fun trying out new things on it. Bet it turns out great.
You know I love orange - with all its quirks and challenges. Still its always a statement when used in a piece. Thank you for sharing your story - it gave me a smile.
Irene,
I'm fascinated by the book. Did you use batting in your quilt, or woo/rayon felt?
Paula
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