I had my concerns about the folding, and I did wonder about the amount of dye. I was more right than I would like to be on the dye.
Once unfolded there should have been stars from the triangle added colour to the spiral folds.
Nope.
On the front only the top quarter had much colour, that and what had been the edge and was now the middle.
The back was a tad lighter but had a half area with some colour.
Still disappointing and I mulled over a fix perhaps.
I did have some yellow and red left but not much.
I added a little extra water, laid the T-shirt out on the ground and
on the front went from this
to this
and with the dye that seeped through the back became
That is upside down on the line. I expect that
there will be some fading as it dries.
I also expect there might be more fix contemplations when this is dry.
Although quite what that might be I am not sure.
Oh and there was one little extra from this that I had not considered
Coloured thread, from the tying. It is rather pretty. I an not sure what I will do with it, perhaps I will use it to quilt more circles on the original bits-a-quilt.
And if you have not seen it already CLICK HERE to see the start of the journey for my BFF.






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