a little time to use some dye...

 As time is disappearing with the busyness of life...

I have managed to experiment with some thread dying.

 I found the Tutorial HERE

 So I armed myself with lots of skeins of white DMC thread

 un-did a few and wound them onto the frame I had made.

 laid them on some plastic wrap

 tied rubber bands around in two places

 added some yellow to one end, some magenta red to the other 

and then mixed some yellow and red together in the middle.

 (excuse the bits of dried dye...the color was old and had residue left)

then wrapped them in plastic wrap to cure.

 rinsed and rinsed

 making sure it went clear...

then dried it and rinsed again until no dye ran from it...

then dried again...thoroughly dry...

 

wound it on a couple of pegs plus one for a friend, ready for stitching...

 I love the variegated colors from lemon the light pink...

just gorgeous, the end result was exactly what I wanted...

Now I can use it to stitch my new pattern, coming soon!!!!!

But while it rains outside the next couple of days

 here in Adelaide

 I am ready to stitch the binding on my

 girls quilts, they are almost finished..woo hoo

 and the squeals of excitement about our house are sweet to hear.

 Happy Stitching,

 Hugs Dawn x x