Sunday, February 26, 2012

Candied Fabrics Lesson 4 : The Second Triad - Naturals

Here are the 66 newly dried (but not trimmed) swatches for the 2nd Triad in Candy G's Controlling Color online dyeing class.   We're dyeing swatches to build her Candiotic Table of Color.  Candy is currently running an online class on the topic.  Sign up here.  The class is designed to work at your own pace, so you can sign up anytime.  It's worth it! 

View results from the 1st Triad - Brights.

Here are the swathes laid out on the dining room table, in no particular order. 
This was just the drying station.

A few shots from the rinse-out process.  I love these little cups of color!


Now it's off to trim and fuse for Lesson 5.  The big question is : Do I want to mount these on a black or light background? 

5 comments:

Candied Fabrics said...

Ooooh! Ahhhhh! Pretty cups of color - LOVE that phrase!

Thelma said...

Looks great!! Can't wait to get mine dyed .

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Where do you find time to do all this????
--Joann D.

Michele Matucheski said...

Thanks, Joann! It does take time --- The instructor estimates about 8 hours per lesson, but you only do this once to create the color reference. Then it's a tool for life! I'm learning a lot about color mixing that you just don't get from book learning!

Anonymous said...

Lovely colors!! I agree with your comment about how easy the class is. I am taking it too. I like that you can learn at your own pace. Also, the part about rinsing and leaving them to soak to release most of the dye saves a LOT of time. Instead of standing and rinsing like crazy, you can leave them in their little cups and go off to do other things. - Johanna Fritz wisfritz4@yahoo.com