Technique:Dyeing

My main sewing machine is taking a well-earned break with the technician. Rather than digging out the back up machine(s), I decided to take this opportunity to prepare for some forthcoming projects. My stash is running low on neutrals, especially lighter values so I booked the Laundry King’s workshop for some dyeing time:When I saw […]

I am not sure what made me happier.  Coming home to a tidy studio, all ready for me to start sewing.  Or coming home to the Laundry King’s workshop, cleared of builder’s debris and available for me to have a proper dyeing session for the first time in a year or so.  With this unseasonably […]

I am trying to get a hand stitching project together to take on my holiday travels.  Usually, I dye Pimatex cloth.  It takes the colour beautifully but the thread count is too dense for comfortable hand stitching.  Instead, I am experimenting with some Bella Moda PFD.  You can never have too many greens.