tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post3918215697820624278..comments2024-03-25T12:09:14.937-07:00Comments on Elaine Quehl: A Comparison of Low Water Immersion and Snow DyeingElaine Quehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026673306647861262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-50446018386518940432013-02-10T10:05:12.073-08:002013-02-10T10:05:12.073-08:00very cool- no pun intended- I love the snow dying ...very cool- no pun intended- I love the snow dying results and never tried it. Maybe now with all this snow! Wenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09040765990288540781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-7468226913861819882012-08-15T20:34:23.548-07:002012-08-15T20:34:23.548-07:00Thank you for posting Lulu. I saw the ice dyeing ...Thank you for posting Lulu. I saw the ice dyeing article in a recent Quilting Arts magazine and thought I must try it sometime. The big thing for me is that the low-water immersion dyed fabric works really really well in nature quilts (which I do) so I like to focus on it. I'd be curious to see some work that uses the speckled look of the ice cube dyed fabric. Have you used any of it in your work? Sure would be nice not to have to mix up the dye solutions ;-)<br />ElaineElaine Quehlhttp://www.equarelle.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-6289178279790066812012-08-14T14:54:01.409-07:002012-08-14T14:54:01.409-07:00I did snow dyeing in February, I loved it and the ...I did snow dyeing in February, I loved it and the results were fantastic. I just sprinkled the powder on, using salt shakers for better control of the amount. no white spots. I have been doing ice dyeing this summer again with amazing results , even simpler tha the snow , no hauling , just a bag of ice cubes and the sprinkled dry Procion powder. I love it, very addictive and the colours are amazingLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431850436258955079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-32157185868685286302011-12-04T08:35:41.754-08:002011-12-04T08:35:41.754-08:00I am late to the party, just doing the same compar...I am late to the party, just doing the same comparison myself. I found the blue/turquoise dye molecules actually do need a warmer dye bath to strike, neither did well in the snow dye environment. <br />I put my fabric on screens so they do not sit in the dye water. It makes a big difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-69136746393231243572011-02-02T09:53:31.346-08:002011-02-02T09:53:31.346-08:00Nice to see the experiment, but having just done a...Nice to see the experiment, but having just done a bit myself, I think that you would have achieved a different patterning if you had raised the snow and fabric off the bottom of the container. I have lovely rounded patterns on mine, which are quite different from the lwi. And different from the snow dye session at our retreat where we left the bins out overnight so we could take them home the next day. That too has sharper imaging.Dianne Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03416905709030691188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-19417270767388294332011-01-24T12:07:04.045-08:002011-01-24T12:07:04.045-08:00I love the areas of light in the snow dyed fabrics...I love the areas of light in the snow dyed fabrics. It gives them "life." I also LOVE the wonderful surprises that I get when snow dyeing. I do have to agree, though, that it is a whole lot of work. It was very interesting to see the two methods side by side.Quilter Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692414632379402401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-46268448387500379562011-01-18T21:27:07.902-08:002011-01-18T21:27:07.902-08:00All dyeing is a lot of work, but snow dyeing is ev...All dyeing is a lot of work, but snow dyeing is even more work than low water immersion. Low water immersion is what most of the hand-dyers in the quilt and fibre world are doing. It is just what it says it is ... low water. Little water is used and the fabric is scrunched into a small container, thus the mottled patterning. Immersion dyeing, on the other hand, is what is used to dye a garment a solid colour (lots of water, agitation and salt), but it is also used for some shibori methods.<br /> <br />Im a dye-a-holic and love the range of fabrics I can create to use in my work. The mottled patterning of hand-dyes mimics the dappled light in nature, so I find it works well for my nature quilts.Elaine Quehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02026673306647861262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-18595852293037386042011-01-17T18:41:07.072-08:002011-01-17T18:41:07.072-08:00I think they both turned out beautifully. I also ...I think they both turned out beautifully. I also believe the white in the snow dyes make it glow!!LindaBNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652179993265554292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-60136954269289103192011-01-17T15:59:55.825-08:002011-01-17T15:59:55.825-08:00I rarely dye. That snow dying sounded like too mu...I rarely dye. That snow dying sounded like too much work to me too. Thanks for the pics. Don't know what 'low immersion' is, but I do like the outcome better.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10641784755031491045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8222373504029195323.post-76273263014946810782011-01-17T10:52:06.519-08:002011-01-17T10:52:06.519-08:00Elaine, thanks for dyeing and photographing and sh...Elaine, thanks for dyeing and photographing and sharing this experiment. I too have wondered about the dyes working in the snow. I guess it just goes to show that all that hoopla about 70 degrees may just be that, eh?! I do like the drama the snow dyes can do vs. LWI. I don't mind some lighter areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com