{"id":1501,"date":"2013-10-16T12:33:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T19:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2013-10-16T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T19:44:42","slug":"dying-fabric-with-tea-and-coffee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/tips-tutorials-and-more\/dying-fabric-with-tea-and-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dying Fabric with Tea and Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"

When creating quilt portraits, one of the biggest challenges is finding skin-tone fabrics in a range of values.\u00a0\u00a0 Necks should always be a bit darker than faces, and if shading or highlights are required, then several values may be required.<\/p>\n

While working on this quilt portrait<\/a>, I decided I needed a few different shades of skin-tone fabric, but I didn’t have enough skin-tone fabrics that worked well together.\u00a0 So I dyed some fabric with tea and coffee.\u00a0 I now have several shades of the same skin-tone fabric.<\/p>\n

\"DSCN2769\"<\/a>I only needed a small amount of fabric in each shade, so I just used a mug of coffee and a mug of tea.\u00a0 I started by soaking a swatch about 2 x 4 inches in each mug for about 20 minutes.\u00a0 Then I rinsed the fabric in cool water until it ran clear.\u00a0 I ironed it until it was dry.\u00a0 (Since my art quilts will never be washed, and tea and coffee actually stain the fabric, rather than dying it, ironing it dry is sufficient to set the color.)\u00a0 I found it interesting that the tea (on the right) looks lighter in the mug, but stained the fabric a little darker than the coffee did.<\/p>\n

I put the swatches and another piece about 9 x 12 inches in each mug, and left them all for another 25 minutes.\u00a0 The swatches got slightly darker from their second soaking.\u00a0 Note that the fabric looks a lot darker when it’s wet, than it does once it’s dry.\"DSCN2777\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"DSCN2784\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s what I had after the fabrics were rinsed and ironed – 4 shades of the same fabric.\u00a0 (Actually 6 shades if I decide to use the swatches.)\u00a0\u00a0 I like to convert photos of fabric to black & white to confirm the value differences.\"DSCN2775\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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When creating quilt portraits, one of the biggest challenges is finding skin-tone fabrics in a range of values.\u00a0\u00a0 Necks should always be a bit darker than faces, and if shading or highlights are required, then several values may be required. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":196,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2SZWx-od","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/gallery\/art-quilt-series-tree-studies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1501,"position":0},"title":"Art Quilt Series – Tree Studies – 2009-2013","author":"TerryAske","date":"October 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2009, I started a series of art quilts celebrating the changing seasons of the West Coast of Canada, each featuring a single tree.\u00a0 To design the tree, I grafted together photos of several trees in my neighborhood \u2013 the trunk from one or two trees, branches from several others.\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 6 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 6 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/gallery\/art-quilt-series-tree-studies\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/AskeTerry-FrostyWinterMorning-35x47-Full-224x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/tips-tutorials-and-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":1501,"position":1},"title":"Tips, Tutorials and More","author":"TerryAske","date":"October 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some tips and techniques I've created, discovered and\/or refined during the years I've been quilting.\u00a0 Of course, there is no 'one right way' to do anything.\u00a0 These techniques work for me, and I hope you can find some that will work for you, too. 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