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Fabric Dyeing for Beginners CODE: AQS6206 Price: $39.95 Points: 36  Author:   Vilma McClure   Publishing Information:   American Quilter's Society, 79 Pages  Amount:   Add to cart

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For the many people who love hand-dyed fabrics but think they are too difficult to make, Vimala McClure presents an easy to do technique that is convenient and gentle on the pocketbook. The author says, 'I use methods that are simple to understand and that can be broken down into steps to be completed on separate days.' Because her dyeing process is done in small batches, there is minimal mess to clean up. Worked in small jars or a plastic bin, luminous fabrics with exciting patterns can be made in a total of two to three hours. Using widely available dye products, which are listed in the resources section, the author provides dye recipes for mixing batches of 12 different colors or, for more variety, 24 colors. She shows how to make intriguing color mixtures, single-color gradations and multiple color gradations. With a cookbook approach and step by step photos, the author demonstrates tie dyeing, Shibori-like dyeing, fold dyeing, and overdyeing, each method illustrated with examples of wonderful fabric swatches and quilt blocks. She also describes how to make simple stencils for sponging or spraying to add pizzazz to any fabric.

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Take the difficulty out of fabric dyeing with this to-dye-for technique

• Luminous fabrics with exciting patterns can be made in only two or three hours following a cookbook approach and step-by-step photos
• Using widely available dye products recipes are provided for mixing batches of 12 different colors or for more variety, 24 colors.
• Make intriguing color mixtures and single and multiple-color gradations
• Illustrated with examples of fabric swatches and quilt blocks techniques including tie dyeing fold dyeing Shibori-like dyeing and overdyeing are demonstrated in an easy-to-understand format
• Pack a Peck of Pickled Pieces was the most -frequently requested article from the American Quilter magazine It became the foundation for this exciting full-length book

  Table of Contents

  Introduction 7

  Chapter One:
  

• General Instructions Additional Supplies 33

• Basic Equipment and Supplies 11

• How to Fold-Dye 34

• Dyeing Tips 15
  
  Chapter Two:
  

• Pickle-Jar Fabrics
  

• Additional Supplies 61

• Additional Supplies 19

• Sponge or Brush Painting 62

• Dye Colors 20

• Spray Painting 65

• Color Wheels 20

• Spray on Flat Fabric 66

• Color Wheel Recipes
  
  Chapter Four:
  

• Tie-Dyed Fabrics
  

• How to Make a Mixing Box 16

• Additional Supplies 47

• How to Make Dye Activator 16

• How to Tie-Dye 48

• How to Make Chem Water 16

• Tie-Dyed Patterns 48

• How to Make Dye Solution 17

• Shibori-style Tie-Dye 53

• Three Base Colors 17

  Chapter Five:
• Stencils and Sprays  21
• Gallery 71
• How to Pickle Fabrics 22
• Resources 79
• Bin Dyeing 25
• Meet the Author 80