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One of the things with dying my own fabric I usually end up spending Friday night dying the color I need for that week. It takes all night for a piece to dye. I usually start around 8 PM and it will be ready for rinsing out by 8 AM the next morning. I also am not getting the stark contrast as others are getting since I have both light and dark in the same piece.
I'm making the boys tossed nine patches. I cut all the fabric for those, not squares like are on my list, but strips. I try to do strip quilting as often as possible. I also got some of the two sets of four patches strips cut but didn't get the last few units I needed for clue 2 cut.
I made a big goof this week, though. I cut my two purples at 2 1/2 instead of 2. I will have a lot of trimming to do in the future. I didn't even catch my mistake until I went to play with a possible layout for the units we have pieced so far. I was so disappointed in myself for making yet another big mistake in a project this week. Thankfully, Paul has offered to trim them all up for me. That will save me some time in the future.
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Your hand dyed fabric is beautiful; that luscious purple is going to make this quilt a winner!
ReplyDeleteHand dyeing fabric as you need it is risky but oh so worth it.
ReplyDeleteHand dying as you go may be risky, but the results are stunning. My first visit to your site.
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