Marigold Quilt Dye and Sew Along Part 2

Marigold Quilt Dye and Sew Along Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of The Marigold Quilt dye and sew along. Are you ready to make a cute little quilt top this week? This is a satisfyingly quick quilt top to whip up! In this post I’ll share some helpful tips beyond what I shared in the instructional booklet. Let’s get to it!

Marigold Quilt Dye and Sew Along Part 1

Marigold Quilt Dye and Sew Along Part 1

Welcome to the Marigold Quilt dye and sew along! I’ve noticed the kits making their way to you and it makes me so happy. In this first post I will cover the natural dyeing aspect of the kit: scouring the fabric, treating it with tannin and mordant, and finally dyeing it two shades of yellow. I’ll share some tips I gleaned from making the sample quilts for this project and lots more. Let’s dive in!

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It’s tricky to achieve even results on yardage when shifting a color with iron. It’s also super tricky to get every piece to land at the same shade with iron! This is the yellow fabric I shared in my last post shifted to green with iron.
I’ve been slowly working on naturally dyeing 7 yards of linen the same rich golden depth of shade. The next step is to shift the color to dark green in a weak iron bath. This will eventually be used as the background color for a quilt I have pl
Excited to pick up where I left off at the onset of farming season!
It was an honor to be featured in this short film by filmmakers @cjakins21 and @jared_jakins ! We are really pleased to announce that American Seams is being featured on PBS beginning today. I’ve posted links in my stories and I’ll save t
Back to some hand stitching in the evening. Not sure where this will go but I’m working backwards by making a border first. Feels good to be stitching again.
Making colors again 🌱🌈✨
I used to do all my natural dye work in the summer but my farm work has kept me so busy that I haven’t been able to do both at once. I still don’t have a sink in my studio so I do most of my dye work outdoors. I never would’ve dream
Today’s work was processing, and cleaning seeds. They’re put away in jars now for safe keeping until spring and dang does that ever feel good. The farm season is officially over and textile season is about to begin!
What’s left of last seasons gardens is on its way to becoming compost to nurture next season’s crops. The beds are cleaned and the cover crops are established. After a long winter nap we’ll be ready to begin again. I’m looking
Your lady dye farmer is getting the country dye shop all spiffed up and ready. The full shelves are very satisfying but I’m excited to send this magic out into the big wide world. 🌱🌈✨🧑‍🌾🌱🙏🏼
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