New Shades Of Colors ...

Hello my dear friends,

I am so in love with dyeing things my own colors!

Later last night I just had to try my newly bought colors of fabric dye out before I went to bed. I dyed some seam binding and I already liked it when it was wet.

What I like the most about this type of Dylon fabric dye is, that it is for "hand dyeing" only and all you need is a bowl, a bit of salt and some warm tap water and you are all set up to start! When I dye my small pieces of fabric and seam binding, I like to aim for very subtle shades and nothing too vibrant so I only use tiny amounts for the coloring powder which will make it last for a very long time for me. Talking about time ... again because my colors are subtle and not vibrant, it only takes minutes for the dye to it's work.

Last night's seam binding is now dry and that is what I am sharing with all of you today ... my newest shades of color.

Aren't they just beautiful?!

Two different shades of olive green and a very delicate shade of vibrant violet. I can't wait to work with these now but before I do, my plan for today is to dye some vintage linen to match these shades of seam binding and maybe I will even do some pieces from old doilies too? (I wonder how they are going turn out?). Of course I will share whatever it is that I create here on Todolwen.

It was so nice of you to take a few minutes to stop by, here at Todolwen and see what I have been up
 too. If you  have a little spare time, do come back again.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Shades Of Blue ~ Another New Pincushion Is Done ...

Hello my dear friends,

I am still buzzing being creative and today I am sharing my newest pincushion with all of you.

 I am a little hooked on working with my dyed 'goodies' and of course those lovely old pocket watch casings too. I just can't get away from either at this moment. Another pincushion was also a must for me! I pretty much used the same concept as I did with the first pincushion just with different bits and pieces. The color of blue in this creation is called 'ocean blue' and again it is such a beautiful color. 

So enough chatting about it, here it is! I called it ...

"Just Can't Stop Lovin' The Blues".

 

My newest pincushion has turned exactly the way I wanted it too and I am very pleased with it.

I am actually quite happy these days dyeing my own pieces of fabric, seam binding and my crochet little pretties. I don't always use many colors or much of them, so I can make what I need and have no "waste" really. 

Last but not least ...

 I was in Michigan for the day yesterday and bought two more colors of the amazing Dylon fabric dye. This time I went with a green and a purple and I can't wait to try them out. Olive green and intense violet are the new colors I chose. I unfortunately couldn't find French lavender color that I was looking for at either at Hobby Lobby or at Joann's. I did find it though on eBay in the UK this morning and bought it. It is going to take a few weeks to get here but I am so OK with that. I will "play" with the other new colors first and share what I have made with them with all of you. 

It was so nice of you to stop by and visit me here at Todolwen today and I hope you will do so sometime again.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Shades Of Blue ~ My Second Creation ...

Hello my dear friends,

here I am back already and ready to share my next "Shades Of Blue" creation.

Again it is made with one of ye old pocket watch casings and it is one of my favorite things to make. I am sure you all know what that is, don't you?! I was so into wanting to start working on this piece that  ...

... I almost forgot to take a "before" photo of what I had chosen to use to make my newest pincushion. Gosh, I love this color China blue so much and I am not really one for colors so that says something.

Do you see the little blue rhinestone earring? That little blue sparkle is what made me want to do something in blue in the first place. My second creation of my "Shades Of Blue" theme is now finished and I am so excited for you to see it.

I called it simply but very appropriate ...

"Dance Til Midnight".

Why this name? ... My younger daughter Caylagh said that it reminds her so much of Cinderella's dress at the ball and that is why I chose to name it the way I did.

Here it is ...

 

 

Oh ... it turned out so lovely and it actually does remind me of Cinderella's dress too.

I hope you have enjoyed my newest creation.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and visit me here at Todolwen.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Shades Of Blue ~ 'Forget-Me-Not' ...

Hello my dear friends,

I have been buzzing when it comes to being creative these past days.

I have fallen in love with the shades of blue fabric dye that I have been using for some of my seam binding and vintage linen. I just couldn't wait to start working with them and that is exactly what I have been doing over the past weekend. I had an idea and a picture in my mind of what I wanted to make.

Creating is almost a little like cooking ... you gather all your ingredients together and bit by bit things come together. It's a pinch of this and a little bit of that, now stir and then it is almost done.

That's how this creation started.
 I took one of the old and lovely pocket watch casings I had recently bought.

I wanted to add some little flowers.

I used white crochet thread to make them ...

... and then dyed them.

They were dyed the same shade of  blue, as I did some of the seam binding and linen.
 It's called 'China blue' and it is such a pretty color. To finished my little blossoms off, I gave them each a dot of rich gold paint to make their centers, which proved to be perfect.

Just a few more "ingredients" ...
... some old lace, seam binding, sari silk ribbon, a tiny crochet butterfly, a little more 'stirring' and it was done. My creation turned out just the way I hoped it would and I am so very pleased with my newest and very neat pocket watch!

Like many times before, I took lots of photos and just couldn't decide which ones to share or not, so I am sharing all of them and here it is, my first 'Shades Of Blue' creation ...

 'Forget Me Not'.

I love this little old pocket watch creation! It just looks so sweet!

 I am already thinking of what I could do next. I have a feeling that it won't take me too long to come up with something since I am enjoying being creative so much right now. So don't stay away too long and visit me sometime soon again. I am sure, I will have a new creation just waiting for you to see.

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind. 

Have a peaceful and creative day. 

How Much Is Too Many? ...

Hello my dear friends,

have you ever bought something and then asked yourself ... "Is this too much or are those too many?" ~ " Should I have not bought this after all ?!" ... That is where I was a few days ago for short period of time.

The mailman was here again with my second parcel of treasures and I then questioned my actions a tiny bit.  Did something take hold of me when I hit that button to confirm my bid on eBay? It is now done and my treasures are here and one prettier than the other!

I am now the happy owner of quite a few old and very beautiful pocket watch casings.
 So many to work with ... oh joy! I am pretty sure I won't have to buy any for a while now but I am also sure that not a single one will go to waste. Time to get creative!

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.