Here's my all purple block for my color study project. The lace is some that I dyed using the soak-water from black beans. I soaked the beans overnight and the next morning after I drained the water off, I soaked some lace in it for an hour or so, then put it into vinegar as a mordant. It gave this lace an overall purple tone with spots of blueish purple.
I included the 3 linked rings that are found on some antique quilts, some very pretty buttons, and a lovely purple iridescent spider on her metallic lavender web. I made good use of one of the Sassa Lynn threads that I bought from Susan; it's a variegated purple.
As I write this, I'm reminded of an old family joke. When I was a girl, I went with my grandmother to Montgomery Wards. She needed a good all-purpose coat, something that would work for the coolish weather of spring and fall. She asked the salesclerk if they had any all-purpose coats, and the clerk got a puzzled look on her face. "I don't think we have any all-purple coats...." We all got a good laugh out of it, and now it's a family joke to look for an all-purple coat.
Up next: the yellow block.
4 comments:
I have tried tea dying, and koolaid dying--but not soak water--great thinking!! The block is wonderful (as is my green one) --you work is the best! I am looking forward to seeing what you do with yellow! THANKS for sharing *~*CAROLE*~*
Hi Janet,
Have you tried dying with onion skin? They make a great goldish-yellos. One person on the blogs I visit dyed Easter eggs with spinach and beets, so I bet they'd work also.
Great spider! I also love the way you offset the wheels/fans with lace and the way you carefully interlocked the rings. I really enjoy studying the details of your work!
Janet, That is GREAT...Bean Water! You should use some of that in your Food Fight Block. LOL
Judy in Indiana
I loved the dyed lace -- who knew old beans would give such a great color? Thanks for putting ideas in my head (LOL)
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