Color. After the flour paste resist lines that were inspired by my beach walk dried, I went over the fabrics with thickened dyes. Here you can see them after they’ve been batched and washed out. But are they finished? No! Too bright a contrast where the resist was and the fabric stayed white.

It’s been a difficult week. My youngest has had a bad cold and a high fever. The fever is down finally and now she’s in the kvetchy,  miserable stage. Needless to say, Mom hasn’t been able to get to her work and is feeling a bit stressed.

I was able to grab a couple of hours at the studio today and did some speed dyeing. I overdyed these pieces along with seven others and dyed three white pieces of fabric. Twelve pieces all together! Of course, I only used four colors, but still it was good therapy and at least I can feel like I’m moving forward.

speed dyeing results