r/tiedye

Finally washed one out I feel belongs on this sub! King size flat sheet going to use as a tapestry. Ice dye

Accidentally posted this under my default reddit handle. Deleted that, reposting with my normal account. Palomino gold, rust brown, golden brown, silver lining, better black, blue violet, ice blue. Deity role, unrolled and sinew tied. Dye over ice, not in muck, dyed over a screen/grate.

My entry is due tomorrow for a quilt that won't be turned in until mid September. I'm vacillating between entering under small pieced (it's roughly 24" square) or entering under mixed technique for a juried show. I feel like mixed technique is the way to go, but I keep getting hung up on the definition of surface design. This is all dyed fabric I've made up using a few different tie dye techniques, and it was because of this one method I've used for the majority of the fabric that kind of has this landform flow look to it that I chose to make a mountains block and try to simulate an abstract mirrored mountains at sunset kind of look. So I feel very strongly that the dyework is a good 50% of my effect here with the piecing technique being obviously the other major component. But internet articles seem to not be consistent as to whether dyework really counts as surface design. They usually say painting counts, but not necessarily methods of dyeing. And I'm not confident about declaring that my piecing is so pristine that I should be in a category that is all about the piece work.

Also, I'm trying to decide on how I'm quilting this. I want the dyework and the piecing to be the star, but I'm also guessing that minimalist quilting is not going to be looked on favorably in the judging. This is only my 2nd juried show. All shows I've done in the past few years have been popular vote choice, so high technical skill isn't exactly what rocks the boat of your typical show attendee. Anyway, back to the quilting, I'm thinking I could just do gentle waves across the whole piece? Maybe that wouldn't mess up the overall effect (such as it is). But I'm happy to read suggestions. I think this is eye-catching, but it does kind of read off chaos vibes because of all these intense colors. So, I don't know, I'm proud of it tremendously but also feeling like it's not going to hit the marks I'm trying to hit (if that makes sense).

I finally grabbed some psychedelic sunshine to play around with. Tried mixing with parakeet and it definitely did not take, but on it's own, it added a cool effect. Also, I think I'm through trying to use lime pop. It mixes weirdly with other colors and almost always ends up a zombie green😂

So I decided to revisit my reverse mandalas and psychedelic spines. It’s been a long time since I’ve practiced any mandalas, which they are showing improvement, but still need more practice. Overall had a few flops, especially with some of my additional shades of UV dyes falling completely out. So I think it’s time to lay low on the UV for a bit. Had some that turned out super killer for where I’m currently at for my skills. Now onto more practice!

First go at a 24 point mandala

This was my first attempt at an ice dye. Supposed to be a chorus of angels type roll. Used Caribbean blue on the top half and Cayman Island Green on the bottom. Both dyes from Dharma. I think it looks pretty cool but I’m open to suggestions.

Thanks for looking

The 1st one is 100% cotton 2xl. The 2nd one is 40% cotton, small. The color difference isn't as huge as I thought it would be! Now trying to decide if I leave the rest of the shirt white or not.

Just got some new ice dyes, been trying them out one at a time. First up was Snow Maiden. Both were inclined in foil trays. First one is DOI, second DUI. Definitely got more color splitting and saturation with dye over the ice, though both used the roughly the same amount of dye. The deity with DUI barely split at all, but I still love the feathering.