Dyed eggs and other creations

I spent a couple of very pleasant hours at friend Judi's house with a group of creative women who came up from Florida for a week at one member's cabin in nearby Maggie Valley.  Judi hosted a lovely brunch for all eight of us, then we headed to her studio to tie-dye Easter eggs.  We actually tied them up with men's silk ties that had been purchased at thrift stores and deconstructed.

 

It was really amazing to unwrap the egg and see the tie printed on the eggshell.  All we did was tie them up with rubber bands then wrap again in other fabric and secured that with more rubber bands. The eggs were pre-washed with vinegar, then boiled as you would for hard-boiled eggs.

I tried to be a little more creative and put a smaller piece of one tie on an egg then wrapped it all in a second tie before finishing up with the mummy wrapping.  A careful selection of prints and placement could result in a patchwork effect.

 

I had seen onion-skin dying on a blog yesterday, so we tried that, too.  We used both red and yellow onions - here's a close up of one where I tried a resist technique with a flower cut out of plastic. My design is lost, but the effect is still interesting -

 

 

Here's my little carton of eggs all together- it shows the foulard print of the two-fabric egg you couldn't see much of in the first photo.

Aren't those fun?  And the technique couldn't be easier since there was no mixing of dye solutions. You don't know which colors will transfer from the silk ties. 

Back home after a walk, I made up my Austen Family Album block of the week, a Cross within a Cross block.

I seem to have a periwinkle and golden yellow theme going on today.