Meininger art suppy store had a 20% off sale last Saturday. I bought some new acrylic colors, some paper and some dye. Not to let grass grow under my feet, I tried some ice dyeing with the Procion dye and was disappointed with the result. The dye had spread evenly, no layering of color, no dark areas bleeding to light - so the technique was wrong. I'll follow the ice parfait directions in the latest "Quilter's Arts Magazine" the next time, hopefully with better results. Now I have fairly evenly dyed light blue fabric. I left it in the solution overnight - a little deeper in color. I laid it on a piece of cracked wood to dry and the cracks left lighter and darker lines on the fabric following the cracks. Neat! Then I dropped dye by the droplet, let it pool and dry. I repeated this several times. I also folded the fabric and dropped dye on the fold which opened to a miror image along the fold line. I like the results. Layered and organic. I will work with this again.
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