We'll be dyeing both plant fibers and animal fibers in this class, and Joan suggested bringing fabrics containing a variety of fibers. Since my stash contained only cottons and rayon, I requested a list of available fabrics from Angela Wiemken, who manages the Artists Outfitters Store at Arrowmont. Then I checked Testfabrics' catalog online and pulled up the website of Dharma Trading Company.
Angela had the best price by far on worsted wool challis, and I also ordered silk dupioni and a piece of 60% hemp and 40% silk from her. I ordered bamboo rayon dobbie, raw silk, linen and silk-rayon velvet from Dharma along with a couple of pairs of dyer's gloves and some acid dyes and fiber reactive dyes for other home projects.
My carton of fabric and dyes from Dharma arrived first; looks like the contents are excited to get out of the cardboard! I unpacked the fabrics which were shipped in labeled plastic bags.
Joan's list included laundry marking pens called "Rub-A-Dub" markers which I searched for on fabric websites. I did find them in the marker aisle in Office Max in Milledgeville.
As I opened plastic bags I used a marker to label each piece of fabric in the selvedge on its four corners. Too many times I have begun a project and thought, "I'll remember which that is," only to be totally confused about it fifteen minutes later!
The fabrics are labeled and piled up, ready to be washed.
Angela had the best price by far on worsted wool challis, and I also ordered silk dupioni and a piece of 60% hemp and 40% silk from her. I ordered bamboo rayon dobbie, raw silk, linen and silk-rayon velvet from Dharma along with a couple of pairs of dyer's gloves and some acid dyes and fiber reactive dyes for other home projects.
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