Showing posts with label Procion MX colours.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Procion MX colours.. Show all posts

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Today I am dyeing, with an E

I dyed a gradation using Dharma's Procion Moss Green (using their Cotton Sateen fabric as well).  It is a really lush green colour and I love it.  It does require some careful mixing however:  you will see in one of these pieces (and in other too, that you might not see) that some of the red has not sufficiently dissolved.  And so there are some little red dots sprinkled throughout the pieces.  That's ok for the moment since I just wanted to try a gradation and now I want to try some discharge work onto some of the darker pieces as well.  But next time I must remember to either stir like crazy or filter the dye through a metal coffee filter.  Who knew!!!
The colours are quite a lot richer in 'real' life and there is a strip of white paper on the left hand side that may show up if you enlarge the pic....just so you know that I didn't post white fabric!  I have to figure out how to get more true colours with my camera.  I tried with natural light and whereas I find the built-in flash often washes out colours, here it offered the closest representation of the actual colours.  Interesting.  So much to learn!!
I'll be back....