Over-dyeing--A New Life

  I started ice-dyeing last year and loved it. I was thrilled with whatever came out even if it was a sprinkling of color. The patterns intrigued me and I didn't want to re-dye them and possibly lose the original patterns. 

 Last weekend, I decided to experiment with a few scarves to see what would happen, especially to the ones that have a design cut into them. They look best when saturated with color. I loved the new effect and noticed the original color had not been replaced. Unfortunately, I was so excited to get started, I didn't take "before" pictures.

 I haven't yet ironed any of these, and they'll look even better after I do.

 This is a long rayon vest. Before, too much white and after, beautifully pastel color blending.

Cotton and silk scarf with similar results.

This turned out to be my favorite because it was ok being orange and blue, but then....

I'm not a fan of yellow, and this scarf had too much of it. I needed to tone it down or blend it with other colors.

This butterfly jacket also had too much yellow along with lime green. I really need to iron this to see the color formations, but it's now more saturated and darker.

My artist goal this year is to take what I already know--weaving, dyeing, beading--and learn new techniques or enhance what I already do rather than add more to my repertoire. 

Already happy with both the over-dyeing and crimping my weaving:

More to come....