We started out the morning with ice dyeing, while it was still cool outside. We went through 8-10 bags of ice, as we all fixed up baskets, and wire trays with fabric that had been soaked in soda ash. We mostly scrunched, or twisted, silk scarves, white fabric, yardage, and t-shirts. Piling the ice on top, we sprinkled on an assortment of powdered Procion MX dyes. 2 Blacks, bronze, and bright purple were favorites, but every color was used. We covered it all with black plastic garbage bags, and left it in the sun to heat set and let the ice melt. We were all concentrating on the work, so I did not get pictures of the process, only some of the results, as we put the fabric in zip-lock bags to take home.
Barb started out silk screening a hand carved flower stencil onto some lime green fabric, after it dried she used Shiva oil pastels to rub a large grid onto the fabric. Jana and Peggy used declourant plus to stencil, onto T-shirts.
Amy used plain decolourant to stencil on several t-shirts, a spirograph pattern on a red T, and birch trees on a navy T.
Meredith used the discharge paste to brush paint over previously quilted sections of fabric, creating a deep relief pattern of the quilting.
Finally, Pat, Nancy and Vera played with bleeding tissue paper, applying it with water to white cotton handkerchiefs. They lay overlapping ripped pieces, to cover the cotton. Left to dry, then removing the tissue, it left a colorful pattern on the fabric. Nancy and Pat painted a fixative over the fabric, we'll see how it works out. Amy removed the tissue and rinsed hers when she got home, and the color almost all disappeared. A great time was had by all, and many fun techniques were tried. Show and tell at the next meeting will be exciting! Thank you everyone who participated, for being so creative.
Barb started out silk screening a hand carved flower stencil onto some lime green fabric, after it dried she used Shiva oil pastels to rub a large grid onto the fabric. Jana and Peggy used declourant plus to stencil, onto T-shirts. 
Amy used plain decolourant to stencil on several t-shirts, a spirograph pattern on a red T, and birch trees on a navy T. 
Meredith used the discharge paste to brush paint over previously quilted sections of fabric, creating a deep relief pattern of the quilting. 
Finally, Pat, Nancy and Vera played with bleeding tissue paper, applying it with water to white cotton handkerchiefs. They lay overlapping ripped pieces, to cover the cotton. Left to dry, then removing the tissue, it left a colorful pattern on the fabric. Nancy and Pat painted a fixative over the fabric, we'll see how it works out. Amy removed the tissue and rinsed hers when she got home, and the color almost all disappeared. A great time was had by all, and many fun techniques were tried. Show and tell at the next meeting will be exciting! Thank you everyone who participated, for being so creative.
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