fridays rock

good morning all....so i was actually able to find some peace yesterday. i sat down at the sewing machine and made some pouches from hemp scraps....and a few other things. of course when i went to take pictures, the batteries in my camera start to die. happens every time, i sware! so i've got them charging and when it's nice and bright and sunny today i'll take some new ones. i've got a new bag listed in the SHOP and another sweet one in the works for today. i'm going to be dyeing some fabric today and then i can start on some of these ideas floating around in my head. my guy has to drive to albuquerque tonight to pick up his brother. it's a cool drive...but not when you've done it a hundred times and not at night. they probably won't be getting home until 1 am or so. that's if all goes well with his flights...he is supposed to be flying into dallas then albuquerque. i talked to my sister, who lives in huntsville, last night and she said houston airport was closing, but she wasn't sure about dallas. they're leaving their house and going to a shelter. i couldn't imagine having to deal with a hurricane! my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in it's path.
one last reminder that today is the last day to enter the drawing for one of my relax yah packs. so, if you haven't already, you can enter HERE ! don't forget to leave an email address so you can be contacted if you win....a lot of people forget to leave theirs it seems....i feel bad because they said sweet things about my work,but there's no way to reach them,so they're not entered. please remember to leave yours!! alright...i'm off to start my day.
~many blessings~

adventures in tub dyeing

i'm finally posting some pics from my first experience in hand dyeing! this was a couple of batches using my hemp/cotton blend fabric and i used yucca and camel dye from dharma trading. it was super easy and my pieces turned out excellent...no streaks or flecks. i rock :)
here's a before picture of the hemp/cotton fabric(on top) and my hemp/silk blend. the little canisters are the dyes and the bag of white stuff is soda ash...that's the stuff that sets the color in the fabric.


here i am in my bandit gear. i'm dyeing a piece using the camel dye here. this came out a little lighter than expected but i can make another batch darker by just using more of the powder next time :)

this is the yucca batch soaking. i'm really lovin this color. here's a finished look at how it came out :)

i am officially addicted to dyeing now. it's fun to experiment and see what colors and shades you can come up with depending on the amount you use, temperature of the water and how long you let it soak it all up. i'm making a bag out of these two colors...it'll be in my etsy shop next week.

off to pack for our trip to the mountains now. hope everyone has a great weekend!