The Reveal

 OK here are the results of the snow dying.

I picked up my piles and put them in buckets of water to soak before I remembered to take pictures.   The one at the right was the base fabric before I picked it up.

 Here are the colors soaking in cold water.  I do that to help remove some of the excess dye in the fabric.  It saves on water.  Also, our water in the garage has been turned off, so I'm getting the water from an outside faucet.

From here on the fabrics have been washed and washed again in the washing machine until the rinse water is clear.  Then I put all fabric in the dryer along with a large bath towel to dry on permanent press setting.

Here is the silk fabric.  This is the shiny side.  In the center some of the yellow migrated all the way down to the silk, as there is just a bit of green in there.

 This is the dull side of the silk, it shows the pattern better.

This is the bottom fabric, I love how it flows from one color to the next, and how the red makes it all the way to the bottom.

 Here is the blue.I LOVE LOVE LOVE how this came out. The migration of the colors is soooo neat!

However, it's not what I need for the alter.  I am keeping this as it will be great in quilts.

The 2 yards of red came out fabulous.  There are so many shades of red, pink, and orange.  Where did the orange come from?  Maybe some of the yellow migrated up, but I think the yellow came out of the red.  The red that I have is not a primary red.    But all in all I am in love with this fabric.

Here is my yellow.  It too is very interesting and came out quite pastel.  I find the shades of peach so beautiful and delicate.  Obviously the red and a bit of blue migrated to the yellow.

Not what I need for the alter.  But this is a keeper as well.

So you now get the idea that snow dying (or ice dying) is uncontrollable.  You NEVER know what you are going to get.  That is the main thing that makes it so much fun for me.

OK, so now it was back to the dyeing as the blue and yellow needed to be redone.  This time I decided to do it quickly using microwave dying.  Yes I have our old still usable microwave that is dedicated to just this purpose.  The fabrics are in the washing machine now going through their first wash after 2 separate soaks this afternoon. (between the rain storms).  Tomorrow I'll show you those results.

Sew see you later,
Bette