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May 31, 2017 fiber arts, hand stitching

A Stitch-Resist Dyeing Experiment (which I’m ecstatically happy about)

Close up - mokume shibori stitch-resist dyed fabric

Lately I’ve been doing a bit of dyeing, something I’ve wanted to try out for quite a while. I bought a set of three little jars each of mixing primaries of Procion MX dyes to use on cotton fabric and acid dyes to use on my handspun yarn. I started out dyeing some Kona...

July 13, 2013 sewing

Sue’s Sewing Box and a Trip to Zinck’s

I don’t know who Sue is, but I have her sewing box. It came with one of the vintage sewing machines (the 15-91, I think). I’m trying to organize my office/sewing room, which right now looks approximately as though a bomb went off in it. I’m starting by trying to organize and consolidate supplies...

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A Stitch-Resist Dyeing Experiment (which I’m ecstatically happy about)

Sue’s Sewing Box and a Trip to Zinck’s