MAKING HAND DYED FABRIC

Spending a day with quilty friends is always wonderful.  I did just that this week when we met at a friend's home and started dyeing fabrics.

The morning went so fast and we had dyed up everything we could find.

I put each color in its own baggie and took them home to sit overnight.

Then the rinsing began.  I rinsed and rinsed and rinsed by hand and finally put them in the washer and washed them in hot water and then into the dryer.

Aren't these just luscious colors?  I already have two or three projects in mind and started in my sketchbook to use these gems!

What a funderful day that was!!


                                             -sandi

TALENTED FRIENDS

I have some mighty awesome friends.  Many of them are fiber artists, quilt artists, and painters.  Recently I came across a small collection of works that I decided to display together.  This is a very eclectic group of artists all in one corner of my family room. 

 Situated directly across from my favorite "sitting" chair where I do all kinds of hand work and reading, each time I glance up I am inspired and appreciative of these wonderful artists.

Folk Art painting on tin by Linda Meck

Painting on silk nature series by Christine Sandow

Mixed Media by Jackie Cory

Textile Art by Denise Ohlman

Acrylic painting by the late Alice Mosely

Love my gallery of "friends"!!

-sandi