Guess I shoulda paid attention to you method ... Sorry...

Terrie,
Praying.
Luann

Marilyn,
I love color intensity! I wonder what the results will be after the final wash, dry and press? I don't usually press sheets, but I may make an exception this time.
Luann

Wendy,
Were you doing a form of ice (snow) dyeing? That uses powder on top of the ice and it isn't mixed with chemical water. When I do low water immersion, etc, I use urea when I make my dye stock. But when I would be doing this type, I wonder if I were to add urea to a small amount of my soda ash solution(that would not be kept) and soak the fabric in it? But then, I'm not good at chemistry and I may be making something not too safe!!! Someday, I'll have to post about the 'almost' exploding jars in my basement. Its a good idea to keep an eye on whatever I'm doing. I think hubby has taken out extra insurance on the house, since I started dyeing cloth. They probably heard about me and denied any extra life insurance on me. Smart folks, those insurance underwriters!!!

Thought I'd post here because it's a fairly current thread.

Please pray for my son, 33 who just went to hospital with possible compressed or broken vertebrae.

You are my support group in so may things, thanks for being 'there'.

That Wendy..and I always strain my dye mix, then dilute to proper amount.
Beautiful dyeing on the sheets, etc., Annilu !
Wendy...new kitchen?? Do tell ! And I thought I was doin' good with new windows and back door !!

Hey fun. How do you stop yourself cutting up your sheets as well?

I've been banned from dyeing, we're in the middle of getting a new kitchen so shall have to wait for some good weather and do it outside.
The last time I did some I found added urea and the colour dissolved better so didn't get the specks. It may have been the urea.

My art quilts are waiting for me to quit playing with my dyes. I'm in the middle today of 'fixing' a set of sheets that I felt were looking pretty tired. I love white sheets, but they get grungy pretty quick. I hate using bleach and I've never found a good whitener. So, today I took one set from a twin bed and gave it an ice dye! Couldn't stop there, cut up fat quarters of pfd cloth and got 24 pieces into the experiment. And some cut offs from my last few deconstructed screen printing days. All in all, a big bunch of fabric to play with. The one thing that I don't like is that I often get specks. I shouldn't say I don't like them, I just would prefer to not get them. I will post a few pics here, but within a few days, I'll have lots on my blog. www.letscreatetoday.blogspot.com

Annielu, I am really enjoying seeing the process on your princess quilt. Amazing! Thanks for sharing. Margarita, you are always favorite! Love the wall hanging!

Love Prairie Star! Honestly, Annis, I need to go fabric shopping with you some day. I love your selections!

I've finished 4 more red and white quilts which makes 9 total, 10 counting the square one. Only 16 left to make but they aren't on my list right now. I will finish the state birds and flowers next then maybe work on the 4 for my upstairs guest room, 2 of which have been pieced for over a year. I think 5 sounds like a good number for my current to do list. Hoping for some sunshiny days soon so I can get some shopping done. The quilts will have to wait.

This is the first red and white quilt I started and the last one to finish. It's called a Prairie Star.

My guess is that Rosemary would 'never' do such a thing as leaving in the paper! It just wouldn't be British 'proper'.

Fun to see photos of Maxiature. I agree nice to just leave paper in if you can.
Barb

Can't wait to see it. I think Lorna is onto something. I like the way she's thinking.