How to Make Ice Dyed Landscapes

Grab a favorite nature photograph and use it to inspire beautiful ice dyed fabric. This video details the creative process I use to choose and apply different colors of powdered dye to a layer of ice cubes that’s covering 100% cotton fabric. As the ice melts, the powder turns to liquid, and tendrils of color melt into the fabric. The end results are always surprising, and often suggest organic shapes and images. These one-of-a-kind creations can be framed as is, or used as foundations for whole cloth quilting projects. The technique can be used to create striking designs on clothing or scarves, too! Love this piece? You can own it here: Go Shopping, Get Coupons, Browse Workshops and more! This video is free to watch thanks to the generous support of my fabulously good-looking Patrons. Videos are released casually. Subscribe today and click the bell icon to be notified when there’s a fun new video to watch. Theme song written by Karl Halvorson and performed by Nancy Gamon. You bet I’d love to hear from you! Nancy Gamon P.O. Box 1142 Waynesville NC 28786 USA Thanks for watching! ------------------------- The supply list for this project is a little long. If you need help sourcing materials, feel free to post your question in the comments section. NOTE: Any equipment used in the dyeing process is no longer suitable for food use To make this project, you’ll need: - Fabric (100% natural plant fibers, such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, flax, linen, rayon) “Prepared For Dyeing” (PFD) or “Ready To Dye” or prepared for dyeing by you (by washing in Textile Detergent and no fabric softener used in washer or dryer) The piece is used was 30”x20” - Professional Textile Detergent / Synthrapol® - Retayne® dye fixative - Soda ash (Sodium Carbonate) (this is not baking soda) - Fiber reactive powdered dye (such as Procion® designed for 100% natural plant fibers) - large (at least 2 gallon) plastic tub with lid (to store soda ash solution, which will stay effective for about 6 months) - 1-cup measure (for measuring powdered soda ash) - Long handled plastic stirring spoon (for mixing soda ash solution) - Plastic spoons (for sprinkling dye) - Dust mask (for preparing soda ash solution, and sprinkling powdered dye) - Rubber gloves - Plastic (to protect work surface) - Ice (cubes or crushed, or unpacked snow) - Scrap of lightweight fabric (to protect project from dye spots) - Rags (to clean work surface afterwards) - plastic tub (to catch dye drips) - cooling rack (to prop the dye pan on) - disposable style foil roasting pan with holes punched in the bottom (to put the dye project in) - scraps of paper of mat board (to line the dye pan) - Sink-size plastic tub (for rinsing and hand washing projects) In this video, I put mat board scraps underneath my fabric project and dye those at the same time. My artist friend Amy Bryce gave me her mat scraps to use, which was awfully sweet. She creates amazing watercolor paintings, which you should definitely check out here: