Bye Bye Insulation and a Touch of Green

I said goodbye to that ugly insulation in the basement kitchen (future kitchen) finally the whole area is white and clean. Now if I can get that little man to come back and fill in the screw hole and surface the ceiling I'll be on the phone with the electrician. I learned that our electrician's visit is only half my cost the other half the bill $$ will be coming O goodie, second part is attaching the wiring into the front plates and panel.


You will notice in the second pictures has a fireplace, I argued and argued to save this old fireplace entrance, the brick will be white washed and a wonderful design/ focal point.



And last but not least for my weekend's color picture. I took this picture with my kitchen plant just to help show the tones of this green (well brownish) color. Tonight is a gorgeous purple ummmm stay tuned.

Just a Touch of Pink

Well it worked , I used the Seal Brown and Red Voilet, but only 4-6 Tbsp's though per 1/2 Yard of Wool. Instead of wasting the rest of the dye formula I dyed more wool with the full Cup of Dye. Both were heavily abrushed as the wool is going to be used to design a young persons face; so the darker lines needed to define and outline the face should all be available throughout these pieces of wool.

Weekend Greenies

I was asked to dye a few yards, using this photo above as the tone of green. But they want less abrushing and more color in the material. So this is my weekend fun project, and I love a challenge. I used some Natural Dorr , Morning Glory Blue and re-overdyed a piece that I was unhappy with.

in the bath they go....

little bit of fresh air to avoid shrinking the wool ,and easier to iron pressed later

Here I have from left to right the Natural Dorr, next the overdyed Blue and the re-overdyed red , perfect. Mission complete.

Dip Dip and Dry

Step One: Dip the Teal, I run out of this color and had to dye more this weekend. Hope I get it close in color.

Step Two: Dye the other side, just a little bit at first to get an orange softer color and leave the tails in the water to soak up extra color.

Off to the Clothes Line, it was warm enough here today to dry outside. Notice the piece on the right side I used a little of the red to overdye this one, yummmy.....

I'm back

Well I've been sick all week and I think half of our community is also. Going to now enjoy my weekend rug hooking and getting caught up on my wool dying. Above, few greens I mixed up in a pot and below the stripes ready to hook with.

Match Night

Tonights Project, these 2 colors need to be re-dyed for a customer, I'm going to see how close my formulas will get me. I'm hoping the darker one at the top will be exact and the bottom is a swatch so looking for something in the similiar family. I'll post the final results tomorrow.