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Category Archives: Fabric Dyeing I am humbled to speak to you today about a dear blog friend and fellow fabric enthusiast Candy Glendening! She’s asked me to review and write about her new DVD “Dyeing to Stitch” released just a couple of months ago by Interweave. I met her a few years ago online and have followed her work... 
December 4, 2011 - 4:04 pm
Love Robin’s art, love her simplicity, her use of color, her words of sharing. 
December 4, 2011 - 8:07 am
Thank you for this giveaway. The DVD would certainly help me understand colors better as I select fabrics for quilts, and test the waters for my first dyeing adventure. 
December 4, 2011 - 5:33 am
Yes, please! Count me in. And thank you. Robin and Candy, for the chance. 
December 3, 2011 - 11:52 pm
I normally dye outside in warm weather but we didn’t have any this summer!! I’m stuck inside now and would love to learn from this DVD about low water techniques. 
December 3, 2011 - 8:26 pm
I would love to win a copy of this DVD! I’ve been wanting to get more into dyeing fabric and this looks like just the DVD to have! 
December 3, 2011 - 4:27 pm
Ooh, such nice bright colors. I need to try this for myself. Maybe I will be the lucky winner.
December 3, 2011 - 4:26 pm
Ooh, such nice bright colors. I need to try this for myself. Maybe I will be the lucky winner. 
December 3, 2011 - 3:44 pm
I have just started fabric dyeing and would love, love to to win Candy’s DVD. 
December 3, 2011 - 3:15 pm
Yummy yum! This definitely makes me want to dye my own fabric. 
December 3, 2011 - 2:17 pm
I’m always looking to pick a fellow dyer’s brain, and this looks like a good one. Thanks for doing this giveaway! 
December 3, 2011 - 8:19 am
I’ve never dyed fabric and would love to learn all about out.Thanks for hosting! 
December 3, 2011 - 7:41 am
Count me in! She seems like a great teacher! 
December 3, 2011 - 6:15 am
I love Candy’s work. She is an inspiration to so many. Winning this dvd would be the highlight of my year. Luck to us all. 
December 3, 2011 - 5:16 am
I would love to win a copy of this DVD! I signed up for a dyeing class a couple of months ago and it was cancelled for lack of participants. I really want to try dyeing my own fabrics! Thank you for the giveaway! 
December 3, 2011 - 4:14 am
I would LOVE to win this DVD! 
December 3, 2011 - 4:11 am
Looks like a great DVD. I’d love to win. Thanks for the giveaway and for posting the link to Candy’s blog. 
December 3, 2011 - 3:37 am
I started hand dyeing last April and am slowly getting more efficient. I am ‘dyeing’ to get my hands on Candy’s DVD! 
December 3, 2011 - 12:48 am
Thanks for the chance to win! I’ve been a fan of Candy’s work for a while:) 
December 2, 2011 - 9:27 pm
I’m dying to try this! 
December 2, 2011 - 8:02 pm
I would love to win Candy’s DVD. I plan to do a lot of dyeing this winter in my basement. I love to snow dye and it is supposed to snow tomorrow. 
December 2, 2011 - 6:04 pm
I would love to win a copy of this Robin. She looks like great teacher. 
December 2, 2011 - 5:54 pm
What fun! I’d love to have this in my crafting library! Thanks for the chance! 
December 2, 2011 - 5:32 pm
This looks like a wonderful dvd. I would love to win it! 
December 2, 2011 - 4:52 pm
I’ve just discovered your wonderful blog. Thank you for the opportunity to win what looks like an amazing DVD – very useful to improve my dyeing! 
December 2, 2011 - 4:27 pm
This blog tour has suddenly transported me from cold and snow to a warm, green place. Enjoyed the visit. 
December 2, 2011 - 4:26 pm
That was just a tease! What else does Cindy have to teach us? 
December 2, 2011 - 3:39 pm
Pick me!! 
December 2, 2011 - 3:15 pm
I love bright colors and would love to try my hand at dying my own. 
December 2, 2011 - 2:15 pm
I love blog tours–they take me to such interesting places! Thanks for the review and the video to watch! Looking forward to poking through the archives here. 
December 2, 2011 - 2:00 pm
Love her bright strong colors. 
December 2, 2011 - 1:06 pm
Candy creates such gorgeous colors, I want to learn how. 
December 2, 2011 - 1:05 pm
Wonderful! Thank you for the opportunity. 
December 2, 2011 - 12:54 pm
Wow Robin, Candie’s video was great. I’d love to see more. Thank you for the opportunity to see the whole thing! 
December 2, 2011 - 12:07 pm
I have been dyeing fabric for about two years now and it is so addictive!! I love Candy’s blog and her bright colored fabrics and would love to win her DVD. 
December 2, 2011 - 12:01 pm
I’ve been following her blog for a while, too. I esepcially love the little houses. I’d love to win her DVD. Thanks for the opportunity and the fun blog list. Some of those are new to me. 
December 2, 2011 - 11:53 am
I’ve been following this blog tour, because I really would like this DVD. But… a special bonus is finding your blog, Robin, which I will now be following! Thanks so much! 
December 2, 2011 - 11:23 am
I love everything Candy does and would love to win her DVD. 
December 2, 2011 - 11:09 am
Would love to have a copy of this DVD…  I was browsing through the Stanford Magazine and look what I found, an article about Ann Johnston! Her book “Color By Accident” was my first dye book… years ago… ahem… and it has survived countless book purges that have taken place over the years. I’d recommend it to anybody starting down the dyeing path. Enjoy! by robin no comments  Here’s a look at those scarves I dyed last week. I already have plans to tone down some of those colors; I simply can’t keep myself from playing! I hope you all are having a lovely Memorial Day! by robin 2 comments
May 30, 2011 - 6:47 am
I agree with Monica. I love them all. Why tone them down? Aren’t you all about color? I’d do some cool small beads, maybe even some iridescent ones, along the edge.What kind of material are they made of? 
May 30, 2011 - 5:37 am
love that blue one!!  This is the last week of school for two of our children. I’m thrilled! We all love the relaxed days of summer, the plans for get-aways, spending more time outdoors, no homework… and I can hardly wait because I know I’ll be doing more dyeing! Just to get started, I couldn’t help but make a... by robin 4 comments
May 27, 2011 - 3:43 am
That looks like a lot of fun.
May 27, 2011 - 1:50 am
Amazing! What type of scarf?
May 27, 2011 - 1:49 am
Hi Robin,
May 27, 2011 - 1:48 am
Hi Robin,  Fabric dyed in the method I’m about to explain here will show tell-tale signs of the thoughtfulness and energy that was put into the cloth by the maker at an early stage. by robin 13 comments 
July 26, 2011 - 3:07 pm
I’ve been dyeing fabrics for a long time, just about every way imaginable, but have never done it this way. Really a nice option to have available..thanks for sharing. 
May 21, 2011 - 8:15 pm
Oh that final picture is glorious! The joy of dyeing your own fabric…ah! 
May 20, 2011 - 9:59 am
Yes, the fold does have a crease in it and yes that crease does show up in the final product. I don’t mind though, sometimes it’s barely noticeable. When it is noticeable, the line looks organic and the color is slightly darker than the surrounding dyed fabric. I’ve often thought of ways to incorporate these happy-irregularities into my work. To avoid this whole crease thing, I could either cut the fabric in half, or simply dye on a larger surface.
May 20, 2011 - 9:55 am
Gosh Debbie, I don’t remember! Not only that, those colors were likely a blend of dyes… a little bit of this… a little more of that… 
May 20, 2011 - 9:52 am
do mind tell me the colors you used for the fabric in the Merlot box?
May 20, 2011 - 9:51 am
Robin just another question. You say to fold the fabric, does that give the fabric a crease/ tie dyed look?
May 20, 2011 - 9:49 am
Robin ~ just another question. You say you fold the fabric, does this make a crease/ tie dyed effect? 
May 19, 2011 - 4:25 pm
Ohhhhhh. You are making me long for summer! Dyeing is the only thing a Michigan summer is good for really.
May 19, 2011 - 1:03 pm
Hi Debbie, yes! I layer different colors on top of each other! Sometimes there is dye that works it’s way into the other layers on the sides, but that is rare, and only if I don’t take note to line up the sheets of plastic directly on top of each other. This doesn’t bother me though because I like the subtle (and small) blends of colors on the sides. I can layer a green on top of a red and have them both come out true to their own color. These day’s though, I tend to dye in one color family because it’s easier to mix one color and work with that, and because by doing this I avoid staining when I take the fabric out and just prior to putting them in the wash. The fabrics you see in that Merlot box were all dyed in the same dyeing session and layered one on top of the other. I’d love to hear from you when you finally do get some dyeing done!
May 19, 2011 - 9:21 am
I hope to try this soon. Thanks for the tutorial!
May 19, 2011 - 9:12 am
so ~ you do different colors on top of each other? As always your fabric is gorgeous! 
May 19, 2011 - 12:28 am
Wonderful pictures as ever! 
May 18, 2011 - 12:25 pm
Thanks for showing how you do this. I have done “scrunch” dyeing before, but haven’t tried this flat type. |
I have a whole 10 yds of silk to dye as soon as company goes home. Happy holidays!
by robin
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