tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31553688272510800942024-03-13T20:11:23.167-07:00One More Thing Before I DyeWhere Art and Fabric CollideJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02834496271292973632noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155368827251080094.post-38424879247255233752018-02-01T01:00:00.000-08:002018-02-01T01:00:47.865-08:00Ice Dyed Mandala Flowers: The Endeavourers<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Last year seemed to be too busy to breathe, so I thought carefully this year before I committed my time. One pond I dove in to was joining <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Endeavourers</a>. They are a dynamic, adventurous group of quilters willing to take risks exploring their world. Sure, it's with fabric, but still it's a unique opportunity to express our opinion or feeling through fiber. That's typically more than we focus on when piecing a standard quilt. It's a bonus.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The quilt above has been in process for the last month, and is from a dyeing project started nearly two years ago. All the details are at The Endeavourers.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>This quarter's theme is <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Nature</a>, and there's no way of knowing all the ways it will be interpreted. I'm truly looking forward to seeing what everyone has done. Visit us at <a href="http://theendeavourers.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Endeavourers</a>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Allow me to leave you with a saying about nature and quilts I from Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While I should be mowing off crab grass tops, I will instead pour another cup of coffee, and show you some magic tricks. No, that's not my cauldron. Well...yes, kind of. I've been playing with natural or plant-based fabric dyes this week, and they've all had a turn in this pot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was surprised to find this clematis growing high into a tree far away from any homes. Perhaps it was seeded by a bird, or maybe a home had been there generations before. Clematis leaves were a dye substance I wasn't looking for at the time, but it was still notably beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I gathered a bread bag of acorns from under some pin oak trees. Acorns contain tannins, and adding tannins to fabric before or after dyeing is one way to help the color bind with the fabric. We say it is a<i> mordant</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You might be familiar with the word in conjunction with coffee and tea. Both drinks will stain your teeth because of high tannic acid levels. Or perhaps with wine, which also stains our teeth, and makes our mouths feel dry when we drink it. Tannin came from an old High German word, <i>tanna, </i>which meant oak or fir tree. Remember singing O'Tannenbaum at Christmas? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So think of treating your fabric with a mordant as a way to help the dye stay on your fabric, and not wash off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took an old nylon pullover, and dumped a few handfuls of the acorns inside it. Then using an old wooden mallet, I hammered away to crush the nuts. A heavy plastic bag simply tore open, but the repurposed nylon held nicely. I worked my way through the #1.75 of acorns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next step to creating a tannin solution called for picking apart the cap and shell, and removing the nut meat. Then processing the nut meat through a food processor or mortar and pestle. That's when I discovered the worms already 'processing' away at them, and decided to improvise with a short cut. I dumped the whole mess into a container, added warm hose water to soak a few minutes, and poured off the tannin solution that was a strong brown color. Repeat the process several times. Problem solved, in my opinion. I got a small pretzel container of solution, and both labeled the top and sealed the container. Tannins can be poisonous to animals. See <a href="http://countrysideportjeff.com/content/acorn-toxicity-dogs-rake-acorns-asap" target="_blank">Acorn Poisoning in Dogs</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another plant for a mordant I might have used more easily was sumac that seems to be everywhere. My only reservation was an extremely painful month this summer spent nursing poison sumac on my inner elbow. Telling these plants apart requires a good eye, and I wasn't taking any chances. Check out <a href="http://askanaturalist.com/how-do-you-identify-poison-sumac/" target="_blank">Ask a Naturalist.com</a> for the nitty gritty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One more mordant I have used, and is commonly found in your local grocery store is alum. I found it cost effect to buy at a local bulk food store. Cream of tartar is commonly used as a brightener along with it, and was also bought in bulk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The mason jar above and disposable spoon are in my dyeing supplies. I only used it to mix the alum and cream of tartar--both of which are food grade, but keeping containers used solely for dyeing means eliminating the chance of cross-contamination with potentially poisonous chemicals. Just because it's <i>natural</i> does not mean it's <i>edible</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some dyeing requires a heat source. Yes, you can do most of it on your kitchen stove if you're willing to heat up the kitchen in the summer, and put up with some not so pleasant aromas of things like cooking wood shavings, etc. Not me. The kids still remember me trying to remove the smell of baked eggshells the summer I had slug problems! I found a turkey cooker/fryer/steamer for under $50, and a propane tank to power it. My back porch is my outdoor kitchen now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Two kinds of fiber are typically referred to with most dyeing processes. Animal protein or plant protein. Animal protein would make you think silk, hair, fur, or feathers. So wool would be animal protein. Fiber coming from plants would be cotton, linen, flax, etc. We call those cellulose fibers, and that's what I was using. I had both a very fine, lightweight cotton, and also a linen blend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">You may use either the alum or tannin mordant with these fibers or even both. Because my first dye batch was using a light dye, goldenrod, I chose to use one fabric in just alum with cream of tartar, and the other in both. I did the alum first, and tannic acid bath second. A fresh water rinse followed both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am always looking for defined amounts and times for dyeing as it is much of a science in reproducing the same results with chemical dyes. Perhaps not so much with natural dyes, I'm finding. A good book I've found is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Dye-Plants-Natural-Fabrics/dp/0985562285/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1506114946&sr=8-1&keywords=a+garden+to+dye+for&linkCode=ll1&tag=pindox-20&linkId=0c41f9d99bc793cf7cb4525d3ad1fad8" target="_blank">A Garden to Dye For</a> by Chris McLaughlin available on Amazon. She bases her mordant as 20% of the weight of the cellulose fiber. So if my fiber weighed 100 grams, I would add 20 grams of alum. She also has information in the book about percentages for the other mordants and brighteners. It's a worthwhile purchase, and mine is full of sticky notes already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had to laugh while gathering the acorns as I was competing with the squirrels, but in cutting the goldenrod it was wasps, bees, and other flying insects. They had their own little symphony going, and I'm not one to intrude. I gathered a bag, and took it home to weigh it. 1:1 in terms of weight is good, but a little more for good measure is also good. I was a little over when I weighed in on my gram scale.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I cut the tops off, and put them into the pot filled a little more than halfway. Again, there are no precise measurements. I did know I was going to need enough water so my fabric could be easily stirred. Stirring the fabric would give more even color whereas less movement creates greater variation in mottling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Several months ago I acquired a Gelli Printing Plate. I had previously used the method with regular gelatin, but was thrilled to work with a more durable product than I could produce in my kitchen. Gelli Plate printing is a monoprinting method, and in my opinion gives a slightly different look than using an acrylic plate. You can read more about the original process in these posts from Pink Doxies:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Once I had the hang of working with paint on fabric, and there was definitely a learning curve--read here, <a href="http://www.pinkdoxies.com/2016/07/using-inks-and-paints-not-labelled-safe.html" target="_blank">Inks and Paints Not Labelled Safe for Fabrics</a>, I started to experiment with stencils, stamps, and anything else I could use to impact the print. As each print was pulled, some remaining paint added to the overall complexity as new paint was then added. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This particular print is my pick to add to this bag made from some salvaged fabric I had printed and then dyed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Printing onto an absorbent substrate such as fabric means you must increase the amount of paint you lay down before printing. This is interesting because with paper it's much more desirable to use a thin layer, and it took a few tries before I could get it right. Viewing the print above you can see how the edges on the left are impacted while using slightly too little paint. I wouldn't say it's undesirable, but the whole point of experimenting for me is learning how to control the media in my favor. So, this did not do what I intended. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Applying paint to the plate is easiest done with a brayer. It provides a fairly even coating on the plate, and this type of printing requires working quickly. You would be very surprised to find how quickly paint dries in a thin layer. Adding an extender or medium like Slo Dri to the paint is helpful, but I find even a fabric medium increases drying time if I use regular acrylic paint. In an emergency, I have a spray bottle of water nearby, and have spritzed over the paint lightly if I find it is getting tacky too quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These prints were pulled a few months ago, but I had no idea what I wanted to do with the extras. When I saw a request from the Ohio SAQA group for pieces to use as a travelling mini art quilt show, I knew I could make one work. How? I was short on time, and this was the perfect size already! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I set to work trying to see something in the print. Do you do this? Do you turn it this way and that hoping something will show itself? I do. But I find that often it is easier finding an image when it is oriented differently than how I saw it when it was created. In this case, I turned it sideways. There were places I found this skull seemed to pop right out at me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had many options for thread color, but I chose a dark violet. This 8" x 10" piece was longarmed, and I will say that is equivalent to driving a jet ski through a baby pool. I worked carefully, and buried threads afterward. To finish the edges, I took the top to the back, and created a faux binding on the backing. I find this method creates a nice edge to the print.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was on the look out for quality batik tjaps for months before I found one. Several people asked where I discovered the one I played with in the last post here, and I thought I should share it because it's such rich source. <a href="http://www.lunnfabrics.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi" target="_blank">Lunn Studios</a> has hundreds of batik tjaps for sale. There are both traditional tjaps, and those created specifically for Artisan Batiks by Lunn Studios. The workmanship and selection is outstanding, and I admit to being overwhelmed by the choices. Shipping is free for both tjaps and fabric, and the story behind Lunn Fabrics is one I want to tell. See <a href="http://www.pinkdoxies.com/2016/09/qbir-in-ohio-visiting-lunn-studios.html" target="_blank">this post</a> for some information about Michael Mrowka's and Debra Lunn's green manufacturing methods, and altruism by creating a free library in Indonesia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This piece of batik is a result of me working with a tjap for the first time, and experiencing both too much and too little wax application. <a href="http://onemorethingbeforeidye.blogspot.com/2016/09/batik-process-with-tjap.html" target="_blank">This post</a> will explain more. Though many of you kindly offered ways on how to save this experimental fabric, I have to admit I was not disappointed with it. As a matter of fact, I love the organic imperfections! I had plenty of dye left over from the surface application, and used it to do a companion piece in an Essex linen. I used a low immersion method to get the wonderful variation of color and texture, and together I think they'll create something quite beautiful, and positively unique.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have many firsts in my collection of things I have made: quilts, free motion quilting tops, longarming samples, and so on. Do you keep your firsts? For all those moments we feel like giving up, they are good reminders of how much we have grown. Some make me raise my eyebrows a bit, but it is also humbling. We all start some where.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I took a day to soak up all I could find on batik techniques. I read articles, and watched videos until I had some ideas to fix the problems I was encountering. Some techniques involved reducing the wax build up on the tjap, and others the padding on the table. Some involved my wax composition. I fiddled and fooled with all, and found even how I placed the tjap on the fabric made a difference. The photo above shows how the wax showed up this time around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here I have darkened the wax portion so you get a better picture. I was still experiencing parts that printed lightly, but overall it was a great improvement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I used a pale yellow cotton, and Mermaid Green in Procion MX Dye. You must think of color theory when adding a dye to a fabric previously dyed. This came out a pale teal, and the waxed portions remained a pale yellow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I applied the dye using a sea sponge. Some areas I blotted it on, and others wiped in stripes. If you look carefully above in the right half of this photo, I applied the waxed tjap twice. There is a slight ghost image, and I do not recommend it. The first print came out so light for me I felt I had nothing to lose. Cut up into pieces for a quilt it may never be noticed, but we are taking time to scrutinize so it is worth pointing out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a professional batik cap or tjap--pronounced 'chop'. <a href="http://www.lunnfabrics.com/">Lunn Fabrics</a> advertised a large shipment recently, and I had already been eyeing up the samples when I first saw the shop. There were so many enticing pieces to pick from, but I actually let my husband help pick it out. It fell between my love of busy, and his of simplified. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Looking from above, you can see the structural details. This piece is around 7.5" square. They are precisely constructed by hand to a designer's specification. When you lift the copper piece, you are surprised to feel the actual weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea of finally having a tjap available to try meant there was an urgency to my project. I might have thought this out better, but I was a kid with a new toy. I have a small stash of Kona presoaked with soda ash for cases such as this, and I quickly set up shop. A fleece backed plastic table cloth protected the table, and I weighted the fabric with yogurt containers filled with water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I use an electric skillet for melting my wax mixture, and never leave its side. Working with plenty of air exchange in my space, I first experimented on scrap paper. I had such a problem with too much wax transferring, and continued to empty the skillet until there was just a thin layer to dip the tjap. Much better, but not perfect. Some areas were too heavy, some too light, and a few were more or less okay. It was a first, and more about experimenting with process than perfection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a cooler day, and I let the wax harden outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a concentrated Procion MX dye I mixed, and using both a sea sponge and a brush added to the waxed cloth that had been lightly spritzed with water. Where areas felt too dark, I spritzed more water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The piece needed to process about a day for the dye to bond with the fabric. I simply burrito wrapped the fabric in the plastic table cloth, and tried to forget it. You can get a better idea of the over and under waxed areas with the contrast showing here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lunn Fabrics has a lovely page documenting the batik process <a href="http://www.lunnfabrics.com/batiks-info-how-made.html">HERE.</a> Their line, Artisan Batiks, are produced for Robert Kauffman Fabrics, and <a href="http://www.lunnfabrics.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi">available in their store</a> along with your local quilt stores. The assortment of copper tjaps are also listed through the link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will not be overly critical of my work because this was both a spontaneous and fun first time. I encountered a lot of hurdles, and I have some information on how to remedy many of those problems the next time around. Using a tjap has a steep learning curve, and the artisans make it look effortless. Don't be fooled. They're skilled experts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm looking forward to rinsing this out later today, and perhaps trying a second round, if time permits. I can't wait to share this finished cloth with you next time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Sister Blog of Pink Doxies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In January of 2016, I started experimenting with Procion MX dyes to create my own fabrics for quilting. I was instantly hooked on the thrill of <i>putting color where I wanted it to go</i>. Dyeing led to printing, printing to silk screening, and so on. Pink Doxies' readers never knew what to expect! Soon my posts were more about mixed media than quilting, and I questioned whether I was a quilting blogger or a fiber arts blogger. The line continued to blur, and I was pulled equally in both directions. I cannot tell you how deeply I feel quilting is an elemental part of who I am. It keeps me balanced. But the dare devil in me needs the adrenaline thrill of more and new, and keeps my mind engaged with my spirit. Therefore, I chose not to be one or the other, but to separate the blogs into two domains. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PinkDoxies.com will continue to publish original designs, ideas, and inspirational projects related to quilts, bags, and all kinds of sewing. All your favorite link up parties </span><span style="font-size: large;">will still be there</span><span style="font-size: large;"> such as #BraveQuilter with its hand dyed fabric prizes. Expect some new link ups like Second Chance Quilts--a cooperatively coined term for scrap quilts, and even some old ones like The Pet Project Show will make a come back in 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All or most of my mad scientist and artistic pursuits will be here. My media shelves are full, new bolts of fabric are stocked, and I have lists of new processes to share with you. It will still involve fabric 95% of the time, but other surfaces are never out of the question.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A.K.A. Wet vs. Dry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My upper level is where I make quilts, and a dry studio except for spilled coffee. My lower level has access to water, concrete floors, and is perfect for working with chemicals or spills. Projects from one frequently move to the next, but sometimes I am not sure where to store materials. Wet or dry?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Friends walking side by side often brush arms or bump into each other, and so it will happen here. Some things are naturally appropriate for one blog or the other, but fabric created here may end up in a project at Pink Doxies as well as a P.D. quilt may need a few touches of paint bling here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Expect that you will pop in here to see what fun I am having, and it no longer looks the same. Or it happens twice. I will tweak the blog along the way, but content is more important than decoration for now. This is the place to be loose and comfortable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check here for current art pieces, dyed fabrics, and clothing available for purchase. The inventory is growing, and will be available through this blog soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Follow by email, and have each post delivered to your Inbox. It's the nicest thing in the morning to see a new post from a happy blogger. Bloglovin' will be available soon. If playing with fabric is something that fascinates you, let me create the mess for you. You don't want to miss out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone polled who said, "Do it!" I appreciate your great suggestions about keeping it real and sane. I have one of them under control.</span></div>
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