Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Beautifully Bright Colors
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Rasta Tie Dye
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
GRATEFUL DEAD Tie Dye Quilt
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Grateful Dead Tie Dye Quilt
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
A Patriotic Mess lol
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
A nice HOT day to steam in the color. I didn't have RIT DYE on hand so I'm using acrylic paint mixed with water.....the hard part is waiting lol
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
So this is the result of tye dying with acrylic paint. I probably should've skipped the thin streams of bleach I was trying to get white stripes....because I used light blue fabric. It didn't work like I planned but that's okay.
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Scraps for raw edge binding. Hippies at heart like a little mess lol
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
The Hippie in me Speaks
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Soaked in soda ash, tied and ready for dye
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
My hands are a mess lol. Wrapping this in heavy black plastic and setting in BBQ with the lid closed to set the dye. It's about 110 outside! The hardest part is waiting until tomorrow for the big reveal!
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Quilt Back complete! Now it's time to sew!
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Rainbow Scraps
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
Puckering was inevitable due to the size of this quilt and my sewing machine hated me about mid way.
Pinks & Needles (used to be Gigi & Big Red):
My first attempt at a heart design