Tie-Dye Party!

(l. - r.)  El, Sue, Barb

Yes, Raisin Studio had a party and all my most hippie-like friends were invited. Early RSVPs gave me time to order online, scarves, shirts, skirts, sarongs and bandannas, lots of dyes and other necessities from Dharma Trading Co.

Then just before the party, it was time to
mix the dyes and the fixative, and to cover table surfaces with plastic.

We experimented with folding, crumpling, pleating, or twisting the fabric then clamped the bundle with clothespins or rubber bands. We squirted dye from bottles, some of us agonizing over which colors to choose.

Margaret

Then when done with dyeing, the fabric
was plastic baggied and left with the
heat on inthe studio for about 4 hours.


While waiting for the dyes to "cure," we walked over to the annual town and gown street festival. It seemed like everywhere we went we saw tie-dye - in the shop windows, on pets, for sale in craft booths.

Sue

Eager to see the results, we returned to wait
for the alloted time. Then with either cries of delight or dubious silence, we untied, rinsed and unfolded our garment.



 Some had a knack for tie-dye.

El

Some people not so much (me).


But it was a day of color in Raisin Studio, with
the flowers all around us, and our squirt bottles filled with vivid dyes.


And a colorful day is a happy day.