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Today with my taxes filed and the temperature predicted to be 68 degrees F I decided it would be a good day to set up the Rust-Tex studio out on my deck here in Madison, Wisconsin.
On Friday the 13th, I demonstrated rust dyeing at the "Sampler", one of the events at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago . I placed a rusty star on a styrofoam plate, added a bit of salt and a bit of water, then I showed some other techniques from the Rust-Tex Instructional CD. After each demo I put the plates on top of each other. At the end of the event I put the whole pile in a plastic "zip-lock" bag. 
Today at home I opened the bag,
unpiled the plates,
rinsed the fabric and hung the newest batch of stars on the line to dry. As I scrubbed each plate to reclaim the rust dust, I was surprised to see the stars had made marks on the bottom of the plates.
Would rust dyeing work on tyvek?
3 comments:
I am now inspired to try some rust dyeing. The stars on the line look wonderful.
Yes it would work on Tyvek, you can rust anything including polyester and acrylic.
Good to see you "live" again Lois. I've missed you!
Jan H
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