Dye Session 1 Process

 

For my first dye session, I chose to use both logwood and marigold powders. I used some Shibori techniques on three of my fabrics and left one unfolded to get a solid color. The cloth on the top right thats bunched up with rubber bands didn't turn out how I expected. The bands I had were too thin and kept snapping in the pot resulting in a few very faint designs. I decided to redo this one with string instead (as seen below) which ended up working out much better. 

The initial rubber band fabric was stirred in the logwood pot for about 45 minutes before I rinsed and hung it up. I used the unfolded cloth in the logwood as well but I decided to leave it submerged in the dye overnight, resulting in a much richer color than the one left for 45 minutes (as to be expected).

I left one piece of fabric sticking out of the pot there so that I could dye the other half with marigold. It was going well until the logwood decided to completely take over the marigold, leaving me with a mostly purple fabric. Regardless, there are a few yellow streaks breaking up the purple that I think look quite neat. 

For the two marigold colored fabrics, I decided to let them sit in the pot overnight as well to get the most out of the dye as I could and it paid off! 

Here's all my fabrics drying on a make-shift clothes line in my back yard. When they're dry, I'll need to iron them so the designs can be seen better in the final photos!