…compilation of tutorials
I presented an entry about yarn dying before, but I’m a Lace knitter Lace knitter and love selfstriping yarn with looong colour gradients.
Now I can dye my own selfstriping yarn ;-)
Links:
Dying Self-Striping Yarn (Self-Striping Yarn (with a Warping Board) Tutorial)
via: Craftster Best of 2011 – FIBER ARTS – Dyeing: Completed Projects
Here at unikatissima:
Yarn Dying
unikatissima’s Lace knitting patterns
You can find my designs now at ravelry
Well, we did already a couple of things with (old) ties, but it never occurred to me that you can dye fabric with ties!
Links:
Dyeing with Silk Ties
via: Craftster Best of 2011 – FIBER ARTS – Dyeing: Completed Projects
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘tie’
I really like this card, which was made with a white coffee filter!
Thank you, Brigitte, for this link :)
Because my coffee filters are all brown and I don’t want to extra buy bleached coffee filters, I think that I will go back to my self coloured tissue papers ;-)
Links:
Coffee Filter Card (inspiration monday)
Here at unikatissima:
Self Coloured Tissue Papers
Dying yarn could be something for the New Year ;-)
Anyway I wish you a good and successful New Year :))
I know that’s not Easter! ;-)
Nevertheless I liked the whole blog including the dyed eggs very much :)
Links:
Blue And Pink Eggs (~ Mad about Blues ~)
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘Easter’
This jar lid is for my kitschy moments ;-))
Links:
Jar Lids with Gilded Macaroni (Bath Salts and Gold Macaroni detail)
via: Gilded Macaroni Jar Lids
Recently the term ‘Bento‘ (a single-portion meal to take away) came up again and I decided to present today the tutorial on how to make ‘cloudy sky’ rice.
Up until now I have never made such a beautiful meal because it’s much too time-consuming for my liking. Instead I spent hours on looking at photos of Bento’s of other people ;-))
I don’t think that I will make the blue rice because I guess that it wouldn’t look so appetizing when served with green and red pappers and brown fish sticks.
But perhaps in pale yellow? ;-))
Links:
Tie-dye Rice (tutorial- tie-dye/rainbow rice)
Wikipedia entry for ‘Bento’ (English)
Wikipedia entry for ‘BentÅ’ (German)
Flickr group ‘bento boxes’
Google image search result for ‘bento boxes’
I found an instruction for a nice paper flower and thought that this should work with self-coloured paper, too.
It did ;-)
First I painted on a sheet of toilet paper with some markers.
I dropped water on my ‘painting’, but it was a little too much water and everything swam.
In order not to get everything dirty I have put it luckily on an old little plastic bag.
Therefore I put another sheet of toilet paper onto the first, the water and the dye dispersed on both.
I blow-dried everything to dry it faster ;-)
I cut my papers by guess and by gosh, that is to say without a pre-sketched spiral and my scissors were quite blunt.
That may be the reason why my little ‘roses’ look so beautiful ;-)
Links:
Paper Flower – the tutorial works backwards, you must always click the previous picture to get the next step
Aren’t those pendants beautiful?
I was totally thrilled when finding the instruction.
Now I must simply purchase some plexiglas, fabric dye and a saw as well as a drill to process them.
I’m sure I will ;-))
Links:
At craftster: Dyed Plexiglas Necklaces
I found a very interesting tutorial on how to tint fabric with crayons.
On the picture you see my first and up until now last (and not really successful ;-)) attempt at this technique: I laid a self crocheted flower underneath.
Better you try it by yourself ;-))
I preferred the acryl coloured fabric.
Links:
Tinted Linens
Let’s celebrate
Here at unikatissima: Acryl Coloured fabric