I definitely have a "Color Signature"

I am looking over the fabrics I dyed in both Carol Soderlund and Jan Myers-Newbury's classes these last two weeks.
Since I went into both classes with no agenda other than to learn all I could I was slightly surprised how well the fabrics from one class worked with the fabrics from the other.

These were the fabrics I dyed for our Thursday project in Carol's class.

This group of fabrics started as a dark to light gradation of yellow fabrics. I overdyed them all with the same olive green using the same technique on all of them. These were done in Jan's class.

In addition to having the same olivey color this piece picks up the blue from the fourth example in the first photo. This was done in Jan's class.

It was a surprise to me that the fabrics we dyed and then discharged had my olive palette color when discharged.

Even these silk fabrics have the same color signature. Jan's class again.
I always am attracted to greens and blue greens.
In addition to these I also love fall and the colors Mother Nature provides to feast our eyes on.
But if I want to be honest I think I really love all colors and enjoy working with them, changing my palette I use from time to time.

Honey I'm Home!

I arrived home in Wisconsin today from my two week trip to Ohio.
I thought I would be exhausted when my sister and her husband picked me up at the airport to drive me home.
Instead I had a lot of energy and we made several stops on the way home.
When I got home I caught up on phone messages, mail and a few of the many emails.
Then sometime after 4 it hit me and I had to take a 2 plus hour nap.
It took me a while to realize why I had this earlier surge of energy - it was the two cokes I drank in quick succession from the time I left the hotel until I went through security at the airport - a time span of less than 2 hours!

I'm going to share just a few examples of my fabrics with you tonight as I'm fading again.

These pieces were dyed using a cotton and silk blend that was originally a knaki color. I love the results and the color I obtained. I have left his photo size large so you can click it and get a very large photo to see the texture.

This is the same fabric dyed is shades of greens and blues. I love the effects I got with this fabric. I have also left this one larger so that when you click on it you will see the textures.

These were cottons I dyed with various techniques.
Some of them started out already dyed a color. Some of them have multiple layers of colors and patterns. There are some color similarities throughout groups of fabric which will make it easier to work with them in a construction. This does not necessarily mean I will use them together. The fabrics barely visible on the left are fabrics we dyed black and then discharged with various discharge agents.

That's all for tonight as my body is still on Ohio time and I'm getting sleepy.

Today Jan Myers-Newbury's Advanced Shibori class started at the barn

I'm enjoying Jan's Advanced Shibori class. It has been quite a few years since I took her beginning Shibori class. I did a lot of Shibori after I took that class.
It's like riding a bicycle - you don't forget how to do it. We're here to learn more new things and refine some of the things we have previously learned.
We started today with a exchange of fabric swatches we had dyed.
We also showed work we had done and told what our goals were for the class.
Several people had great quilts to share with the class.
When I showed Pauline's work last week it was hard to see. She is also in this class and she brought this spectacular quilt to share.

Susan made this stunning quilt after participating in Jan's Shibori class.

After we shared our work we dyed fabric with 4 different black dyes. It was amazing the difference between the blacks. Add to this the fact that class members had different fabrics and there was even more variety.
We then took the fabrics outside and discharged the black color with Soft Scrub cleanser, Dishwasher gel, and thickened bleach. Each product gave different results.
After that we started on the things we wanted to work on. I am trying several different things and hope some willl be successful.