This is my first attempt at rust dyeing. What a fun process. I had a box of rusted 'junk' that I brought from the farm. I remember my son saying,
what do you want that for???? I didn't really know, sentimental value??/ Anyway it is coming in handy.
The first piece was a saw blade, and old stove damper 'thingy' and some large washers.The second piece was wrapped around an old lantern, I did the wrapping twice.
I have three more bags on the go :)
Now what to do with them.
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These look so 'delicious'... almost have a peachy look to them. What kind of fabric did you use?
So much fun...
I guess the peachey color is due to the first time those objects were used, and they were really rusty. I did rinse them three times. Just a PFD fabric that I had on hand.
Rhoda, I really like the look of these. The one that was wrapped around the lantern looks very interesting. Sometimes it's good to hoard things; some of my rust items are railroad spikes I've had for twenty years.
Oh and to the right of the saw blade piece I can almost see a double helix. Cool.
It looks absolutely incredible! it looks like a really interesting process!
Micki
I love rust dyeing. Never know what you are going to get...
These pieces came out beautifully. I think I see a face in the left one.
Thanks for your comment on my blog.
Hi, your rusting attempts turned out great!
Here is a tip for a little 'spice' to add to your rusting. Take a bag of tea, snip it and sprinkle ever so lightly in just a few areas of your fabric when rust dyeing..do NOT use the whole bag of tea..that would be way too much. The tannin will give dark splotches of grey/black to your fabrics. Experiment as much as you can with different pieces of fabric.
I hope you like the effect you will receive in your rusting.
warm quilt hugs, sue in CA
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