Recently I wrote about how I was experimenting with origami paper and pushpins to come up with new tie-dye patterns. I had tied one design...

I first started doing tie-dye six years ago, when my older daughter wanted a tie-dye theme for her sixth-birthday party. I did some reading...

After months of off-and-on preparation work, I finally did my week-long half-day dyeing class for a bunch of middle school girls. We spent...

I'm really busy these days. I'm still remodeling a house, and even though I'm not doing much of the physical labor, it's st...

The new Mountain View-Los Altos Adult Education Fall class catalog is now out: http://www.mvlaae.net/catalog/index.html The classes will ...

Well, the jeans circle quilt still isn't done, but Lacey is pleased to point out that I've now got all the colored pieces arranged ...

One of the things about Procion dyes for tie-dye is that they are usually made up of other colors of dye. Sometimes they separate or bleed ...

I've been having a lot of fun posting pictures lately. It's been first graders for a while, and now it's back to dogs ! We we...

Now for some more shameless self promotion: The Mountain View - Los Altos (MVLA) Adult Education catalog came out last week. I'm going...

Stitch resist, one type of shibori dyeing, is fun because you can better control where the white lines are. However, it's more work tha...