Snow dye reveal

I try never to whine or complain, especially after all the lovely gifts I received on Wednesday, but to be brutally honest, I could barely get out of bed yesterday.  I knew I had to deal with all those gifts that were cluttering up the craft room and the kitchen table, but I had a hard time just making coffee and a baked potato when I finally got hungry around 6 pm.  I wasn't exactly sick, and I definitely wasn't depressed, but I was just not feeling myself.

About the only thing I managed to do was find a home for the die cutter and all those dies.  I took the headless doll and the jewelry to the basements, but other than that, nothing else has been dealt with.

I knew I promised to show the results of the snow dyed fabric today, though, so I removed the fabric from the snow and allowed it to dry.  Then I ironed the fabric pieces in an attempt to get rid of the wrinkles, and set the colors, in case they needed it.  The wrinkles were harder to get rid of than I anticipated, though, even though I ironed and ironed and ironed.

In case you missed the previous post on dyeing snow, I suggest you see here before reading further.  Today's post will make more sense when you do. 

After I ironed each piece, I placed it on my roll around table in the basement.  Here are the ones I initially made.  The pink and yellow piece is from the flat tray in which I placed snow on top of the fabric.  The two in front under the said pink and yellow piece are from the container I added the Stampin' Up reinker dies to.  The two in the back are from the bucket I added only green and blue food coloring.  The one on the far right was a piece I added to the green and blue bucket after the snow started to melt.  I twisted and tied the long fabric swatch in several places, then doubled the piece and tied it again.  I had a whale of a time getting the knots out and an even harder time ironing it.


I brought my three favorite pieces upstairs and scanned them.

I actually like the two predominantly green pieces best because they had the most versatility.  They were the ones I scrunched in and around the snow before adding color.  The pink and yellow fabric is beautiful, and I will use it, but it is definitely not as mottled, and of course, I LOVE mottled.  So if you decide to use food coloring and snow, I suggest scrunching your fabric, rather than laying it flat.  That is, if you want lovely and unusual patterns in your fabric.

Now I'm heading to bed.  Sorry if I didn't visit yesterday, but I was just not myself.  I'm still not feeling up to par, but I'll be by to visit after I wake from my nap and when my coffee kicks in.