Bits and Pieces and Strings

Wow, it has been almost a week since my last post.  My apologies for being an "absent" blogger.  I have been working on several projects - one of which has been house cleaning.  Luckily I forgot to take photos of the housework.  

Fabric dyeing has been one project I am working on. Several pieces of fabric have gone from white to bright.  Some are more colorful than others.

This one reminds me of an inkblot test

I was thinking this blue and green was a bit pale, but it looked

nicer out in the sunlight.  I may do a bit of overdyeing to intensify

 the colors

This piece was folded in half and I didn't realize it. I wanted more of an orange
transition between the fuchsia and yellow.  But I can certainly use this. 

The odd shape of this was caused by the cut at the end of the piece from the
merchant. I didn't square it up before I dyed it. 

Another thing I started was from a free class on Craftsy called Chemo Caps.  The first part is knitting a scarf. I haven't gotten far, but it is working out.

Some scrappy "parts" were calling out to me so I sewed the three sections into one cohesive piece.

I may just keep adding to this until it is lap quilt size. It is certainly a fun piece.  The crazy strips were made with a paper piecing technique that I learned in the Quick Strip Paper Piecing class on Craftsy.  I think the instructor used them as a wonky border.  I like them as a main design element.

Meanwhile, I have cloth soaking in dye.

These are "stacked" color pieces.  I am using recycled containers that had cake icing in them.

This is an attempt at a three color gradient dye in a plastic shoebox. 

Another three color gradient - this one is in a wallpaper tray. 

I have to wait until later to wash out the dyes - did I mention that patience is not one of my stronger virtues? I will try to make it until 8 pm before I do the washout. If I were really patient, they would stay until tomorrow morning.


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