Unexpected review

I'm getting all ready for this great exhibition.

Having no idea what I'm making led some play in the kitchen yesterday.

I haven't played with the dyes for ages- a few years in fact! 

I still have the stash I got cheap at Spotlight- I'm still trying to find more of this brand, as it dyes double the amount of Dylon. And lets look at the colors....

This is Royal Blue, on a beige-ish tablecloth. I wish I could say I had editing skills, but seriously, I pressed 'auto-correct' and it came up this good! 

This one was done on the stove and simmered....

this one a bucket of hot water; 

 also a bucket of hot water. Not for very long either, as I had a kid

 nagging me to take it out!

(the bottom right doiley was a dark beige originally.)

I also had a box of Dylon from before they changed their packaging. On the stove constantly being stirred, it still was very patchy....

and whereas exactly the same batch of doilies went into the orange and came out uniform, this lot frustrated me a bit!

what do you think? has ANYONE seen the Uni-care dyes around? I've got a pot on the stove with my huge beige 'market tablecloth in it, can't wait to show you the finished product- it definitely won't be cut up!

PS Has blogger changed it's fonts? Or is it just me?

Pressies

The best part about Xmas is the pressies, right? I did pretty well with making stuff this year, but bought stuff can be just as fun.....

I'm very proud my Little Miss went to Savers to buy my gifts- the BRIGHT orange handbag, an appropriate novel, and a visit to Smiggle for a phone holder (she was hoping to buy herself something while she was there, my good friend stopped her!)

She was given these gorgeous Babushka dolls from the Russian shop

I got a couple of kids movies....for me! Mousehunt is my all time favourite, I think, and Elf is pretty funny too.

Santa delivered a few books.

I meant to do this before Xmas, but things got busy, so last night I got the pot out, added 2 packets of Rit dye, and got this amazing result.....

it's so bright I need sunglasses! It will look a treat over my cream couch, I just hope it doesn't run on it. Maybe another hot wash just to be sure.

Hmm, I can see some more dyeing happening soon, so much fun!

Because you asked so nicely....

here is what I did with my doilies.

I know, my pegs are amazing, should have picked some nicer ones, I think! Such a lovely shade of blue. I did a couple of plain white onesies too, they have come out a bit mottley, which I like.

Hopefully not much else to dye now, and I can get to work using these bits and bobs.

Can't stop till I get enough

Finally have dry fabric to show, after a shop at Greensborough Savers on Saturday. The back pile is from there, the front 2 prints being from Ebay. I particularly LOVE the 'Smurf. Be In It' print from 1981, it's great, as is my Beatrix Potter fabric. What to do with it is my next question.

I dyed the last bit of white chenille this amazing yellow colour, I have an amazing array of 6 inch squares now, I am thinking i'll overlock them together, as chenille droppings all over the house is ridiculous. Also, Little Miss's project is a doona, or duvet,cover, and I don't want to line it, so I want mess free.

Then I got a great idea from this crazy crafter, and decided to throw these in.....hmmm, what will happen next?

A bit excited!

I can NOT believe the colour of these chenille pieces, as in the depth of colour. It dyes twice as much fabric and was originally only $5.99. The blue is called Denim Blue and the orange Sunshine Orange.

There is a packet of Sunshine Orange in this lot that is nowhere near that bright. I went back to Spotlight (sorry Cam, I had a good day there today, bummer) and nabbed a few more, $1.99 each. Maybe they are updating the packaging? Who knows, and more importantly, who cares? My white chenille stash inappropriate for any young child's garment or quilt is quickly being transformed. I also grabbed the whitening powder, to keep clothes 'white and bright', and run remover.

I had a lovely Mother's Day, with my beautiful girl giving me a stash

of loot- a frame I know exactly what picture to put in it, a pen and a bookmark! I may make it a bookmark for my Filofax, so I can look at it heaps.

We nipped into Bunnings where she coloured me another card (and scored a new packet of pencils). We both agreed it was a great day.

PS The car was not moving at the time of this picture. No Melways were harmed either.

Dyeing again.....

I'm going to run out of time before I lose interest!

Aren't they yummy?