Posted in Dyeing, Fiber, Sewing

Sewing & Dyeing

Posted on by debthumanblog

I’ve been sewing. And dyeing. I altered a pattern to make tee tops, and tweaked again to make tops from woven fabric.

For the most part, I like these tops. I think they would have been more successful in a different fabric. These are all made from 100% cotton. I’d like to try sewing with batiste, but there’s no batiste for sale locally. I could order batiste online, but I’ve never worked with batiste and I’d like to be able to feel the fabric before buying.

The 100% cotton knit tops were more successful and incredibly comfortable. I bought 10 yards of white cotton knit from Dharma Trading with the intention of making tee tops. Wrestling 10 yard of 60″ wide fabric isn’t easy and I wish I had a 30′ long cutting table. I used an eight foot long table and set it up in the kitchen. After I got the tee tops made, I dyed them. There are five tops and three are solid colors. Here are the wild ones.

I folded the fabric horizontally and then tied it with strips of fabric. The design is a bit more subtle than I anticipated, but I like it.

For this one, I tied buttons into the fabric and used twist ties to hold the buttons in place. The trick is to make sure none of the circles fall on an embarrassing part of the body.

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I retired from the Public Defender Dept. November 12, 2015 after 16 health destroying years. Now, I'm a full time multi-media artist and writer on a new adventure. As an artist, I create with beads, fabric, fiber, and ceramic clay. Sometimes separately; sometimes in assorted combinations. You can find my on-line store at: www.debthumanart.com.