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From: tiedyejudy
Date: 08-12-2005, 09:15 AM (1 of 7)
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Well, as you can probably tell by my 'handle', I am into tie-dye. I first tried it back in 1998, as I was trying to find a craft that I could sell at craft fairs. After trying to sell hand-painted flower pots (very heavy to transport, breakable) and finding that people would look, but then head to the nearest booth that sold wearables, I decided to get a starter tie-dye kit and see how it went. Well, I never did quit my day job, but I have been supporting my habit through my sales almost from the beginning. I will admit that dyeing is a messy hobby - have to have a corner in the garage where I don't mind if I slop dye on the floor, and I have to have dyeing clothes to work in. And now that I'm living in an area that gets cold in the winter(transplanted from Southern Calif. to northern Arizona 2 years ago), I can't dye in the winter, since the dyes need a certain temperature to activate the dye. I love that I can create something that is colorful, unique and economical. True, I purchase clothing blanks for the most part to dye, but I have also done some hand-sewn items, and I am always on the lookout for patterns I can use to create something other than T-shirts! My goal this winter is to have created enough dyed squares to make some quilted wall-hangings... Wintertime is perfect for my other addiction, which is hand-sewing! Any other tie-dyers out there? Judy Judy Sall Originals
www.angelfire.com/retro/tiedyejudy |
User: tiedyejudy
Member since: 08-10-2005 Total posts: 78 
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From: Karebear
Date: 08-13-2005, 09:04 AM (2 of 7)
I have viewed your web site to just see what you do... and you make beautiful merchandise...There are so arty and originial. I will have to check this out for my next hobby... as I do have many that never has an end...  Karen Karen
http://www.dancingwicks.com "If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." --Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
User: Karebear
Member since: 01-24-2002 Total posts: 338 
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From: tiedyejudy
Date: 08-14-2005, 09:38 AM (3 of 7)
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Thanks for the kind words. One way I have found to join together 2 hobbies is to dye fabric that I then use for a sewing project, such as this vest: http://www.angelfire.com/retro/tiedyejudy/tie-dye_vest_thumb.JPG I used the 'baggie dye' method to dye the pre-cut front fabric for the vest, then assembled with a white innerlining and back. Judy Sall Originals
www.angelfire.com/retro/tiedyejudy |
User: tiedyejudy
Member since: 08-10-2005 Total posts: 78
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From: Magot
Date: 08-14-2005, 10:43 AM (4 of 7)
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At my school we have a fabulous project in science that the 12 years old get to do. We make dyes out of natural materials they bring in - blackberries, red cabbage, beetroot, curry powder, tumeric, tea coffee onion skins, walnut shells and so on. Basically you crush your substance and then boil it for a while! So simple. Then they hot or cold dye scraps of cotton and nylon using different mordants - alum, salt and copper sulphate being the most common. It is fascinating the different results they come out with and I don't know about the kids but I am tempted to try out all sorts of things!
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: tiedyejudy
Date: 08-14-2005, 11:36 AM (5 of 7)
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At my school we have a fabulous project in science that the 12 years old get to do. We make dyes out of natural materials they bring in - blackberries, red cabbage, beetroot, curry powder, tumeric, tea coffee onion skins, walnut shells and so on. Basically you crush your substance and then boil it for a while! So simple. Then they hot or cold dye scraps of cotton and nylon using different mordants - alum, salt and copper sulphate being the most common. It is fascinating the different results they come out with and I don't know about the kids but I am tempted to try out all sorts of things! That is marvelous! Anything to spark their curiosity and creativity! Thanks, Judy Judy Sall Originals
www.angelfire.com/retro/tiedyejudy |
User: tiedyejudy
Member since: 08-10-2005 Total posts: 78
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From: acdngydr
Date: 08-14-2005, 10:39 PM (6 of 7)
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I was a Pathfinder Girl Guide leader (Pathfinders are 12, 13 and 14), and we wanted to tie dye, so we tie dyed slings for the local children's hospital! They provided us with the sizes they wanted, then we bought old white sheets from the thrift stores and/or yard sales and cut them to the sizes specified. We tie dyed at camp so making a mess was less of an issue. Apparently the hospitals like to give the children a colourful sling when needed, to help ease the pain of having a cast! ...just a thought if anyone wants to try tie dye-ing but is nervous to try on an item of their own. ALL of the slings turned out great! p.s. part of the Pathfinder program would have been completed if we'd made our own dyes - I wish we'd thought of that, too! |
User: acdngydr
Member since: 08-14-2005 Total posts: 8 
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From: Bama
Date: 08-26-2005, 10:16 PM (7 of 7)
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What a wonderful project. Tie-dyed head scarves might be a good idea too, to donate to cancer patients. My kids and I have made tie dyed t-shirts at several of their birthday parties. It was alot of fun. We did them in Bible school one year too. |
User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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