Giveaway Results

It's Saturday morning, and I don't want to spend the weekend at the computer, so I'm doing this first thing. Let's purge Liz' stash!

Sarah, the Student Knitter: I'll pop my 6-1/2" squares, the 3" squares, and a couple of fat quarters in the mail to you. I have not kept your address, so please send it to me privately. Thank you.

Lauren at Knitter's Space: I'll send you the 4" and 5" squares and some other larger pieces. Again, I'll need your address, so please send it privately. Thank you.

Faith, the Vampire Slayer: I'll send you the 2-1/2" squares, the 1-1/2" squares (wonderful for learning chain piecing and making 9-patch blocks), and some other larger pieces. I will need your address, sent privately.

If anyone else wants to chime in here, please do so. I'm hoping to go to the post office during my lunch hour on Wednesday with these packages.

Thank you, all, for helping me clear my sewing room!

Liz

Dyeing Fun, Part 4 - and Giveaway!

Okay, so my first experience with flour paste resist was a complete bummer. All that anticipation, and I hate the fabrics that came out at the end. That's the price of experimentation.

I think the flour paste was too thick, and the dye/alginate mix was too thin. I didn't crack the crust enough, etc. etc. etc. Maybe I'll try this again, maybe I won't, but at least I gave it a good try.

On the other hand, several of the pieces for which I had high hopes on Saturday came out very well:

Look at that GREAT blue on the bottom! It's variegated and interesting, and it's going to be a great background for my next big quilt. I am SO pleased with it.

Next, check out these greens:

The one on the bottom is a cotton/bamboo mix, and I'm looking forward to turning it into a summer dress. Similarly, I'm looking forward to making a dress from the bottom pink (the one on the far left) in this picture as well:

The purples were basically an accident; I had some blue, some red, and some black left over at the end of the day, and I threw it together and dumped it over a bunch of random fabrics.

Finally, I think this shade of orange is annoying, and I have about four or five yards of it (the bottom piece); I have no idea what I'll ever do with it, but I'm sure I can come up with something fun - maybe as the background for a fall-themed quilt? The second fabric from the bottom is an orangy-red color - not as pink as it looks.

The title of this post includes the word "giveaway." Next Saturday, June 19, I will do a random drawing from all of the commenters on this post. The winner will get to select up to a half yard of any of the fabrics posted here other than the bottom pieces in the blue, green, and pink piles. I will contact you privately and put the fabric in the mail to you.