Showing posts with label Ice Dye Parfait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice Dye Parfait. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Ice Dye Fun in the Studio Barn with Friends

 Recently I had some friends from my  Cutting Edge Group come over to do some parfait ice dyeing, which is a process where you stack one piece of fabric over another adding dye and ice to each one and squish them into a container. As the ice melts the fabric get bits of dye from the pieces above and below them. 



Above is my  table with lots of tools and materials and a sample piece.


Here is a shirt I made for hubby.


My friend Kate gave me a lovely piece of silk to dye.


Above is a piece I folded and clamped prior to dyeing.


The piece above was just gently scrunched up and dyed.






Saturday, June 26, 2021

More Adventures with Ice Parfait Dyeing



 A couple days ago I did more experimenting with ice dyeing. Most ice dyeing instructions tell you to soak the fabric in soda ash solution for 15 to 30 minutes. That's fine if you are doing it yourself, but if you are doing an ice dye class or party, it makes it difficult for everyone to find their piece of fabric in the bucket, if there are 10 more in there. So I introduced the soda ash after sprinkling the dye powder on it.  

I used two kinds of fabric, a bright, white Kona cloth and a light weight, linen-like, mystery fabric that I found in a drawer.

Below are pictures of each, with the Kona cloth one on top.



As you can see the two fabrics took the dye completely different.
 Wish I knew what the mystery fabric was, 
but alas, I don't. 
You need all kinds of fabric, so I'm keeping both, but I like the Kona cloth one more.