Dyeing

Yesterday I dyed my first fabrics in preparation for a session in the print room tomorrow. I used reactive dyes and the fabrics were old bits and pieces that I found around my house. The samples below were created using an old pillow case.

I experimented with 2 colours, a brown and an orangey red, to see what different results I got.

The samples below were done on an old thin curtain/blind.

After using reactive dyes in the print room on monday, I knew that the dye wouldn't stay on this fabric very well, as my other sample washed out. But I wanted to see if they would take some colour to give a pale background. After leaving them in the dye baths for about 5 minutes this worked, and I am happy with the results.