The fabrics on this quilt were all made in the Marbling class by Jo Fitsell. The white border fabric was stenciled fabric that I made in other workshops at EBHQ.
Jo used an alum soak to get the fabric ready to accept the dye. We purchased Golden Fluid Acrylics for the dyes. My friend Bobbi found a good deal on the internet and bought a set of these for me. It's nice to have friends who look for bargains because the acrylics can get expensive.
We used a thickening agent for the water so the dyes would suspend on the surface. I think it was a powdered carageenan. The instructor said she bought it from Dharma Trading. At the end of the class she graciously shared some of the carageenan with the students.
This was a fun class. At the end of the class, I took my thickened water home. The ride home made the solution very murky. The top yellow and red piece shows how the murky water made the white area look grey. Its funny how the murky pieces seemed to make the nice crisp white pieces look so much better.
The backing fabric is a striped pink woven. The quilting is stitch in a ditch.
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