In the Mean Time

Cotton fabric dyed with procion dyes and surfaced with fabric inks, created well over 12 years ago.

I'm teaching an online basic introduction to indigo starting February 14th at the Natural Surface (which is now $29.95 a year to be a member)  http://naturaldyeing.ning.com I will be teaching both the instant indigo vat, and the standard chemical reduction indigo vats.  Cost for the class is $75 USD.

The Natural Surface Network - Changes!!!

BIG CHANGES are coming to The Natural Surface starting February 14th, if your a member check out the discussion in the forum!

I’m setting the membership price at $29.95 for one year. This is well below the price of a high quality natural dyeing book.  .

Current perks to a paid membership would be:

·        Your own personal page and profile

·        Access to the Forums

·        Access to the Open Groups this does not include Paid Access eClass Groups

·        Access it the Library.

·        Access to the Critique Group!

Future perks to a paid membership will be:

·        Your own personal page and profile

·        Access to the Forums

·        Access to the Open Groups this does not include Paid Access eClass Groups

·        Access to my DVD’s and Videos – coming this spring

·        Access to my podcasts – coming this spring

·        Access to my zines

·       Access it the Library.

·        Access to the Critique Group!

·        Coaching

Introduction to Indigo eClass

 

This class will begin February 14th, and will run approximately 90 days.  This class is perfect for the novice dyer whose never made an indigo vat, or hasn't had success attempting an indigo vat. The class is available through The Natural Surface.

Fabric Stash

Indigo and compost dyed fabric to the left, rust and compost dyed fabric to the right.  Cotton fabrics.

Natural Dyeing eBook Sale Extended through New Years!!!

Natural Dyeing eBook Sale extended through New Years Day!

Happy New Years!!!

Mark Making with Nature, Rust Dyeing, Compost Dyeing

and Getting Started with Natural Dyes!!!

All Books $3.99

Own them all Today!!!

http://www.kbaxterpackwood.com/e-Books.htm

eBook Sale and the Latest News!

The cat is out of the bag and yes I really am working on a new Natural Dyeing eBook! I've been asked what to expect, well I won't say what the topic is exactly there will be, however, plenty of bells and whistles for those of you using smart tablets! Interactive video, apps, and the like, see I've been a busy gal the past few months and I've got to say it's very hard keeping what I've been doing secret!!!

I'm hoping the big reveal will be sometime around Valentines Day 2013 so until then here's a Christmas Holiday sale for my existing eBooks!

All eBooks $3.99

Click here for the eBooks!

Natural Dye eBook Super Sale Ends Soon!

Natural Dye eBook Super Sale

Ends November 30th!

eBooks available through my website.

On My Desk

 

Some inspiration.

What is Old is New Again!

I used to draw and paint with these paints almost exclusively as a child growing up, so imagine my joy that Hobby Lobby was carrying these as kits.  I asked, no most probably they won't be carrying the single tubes, which is a shame because I ReALLY want a tube of red violet paint. 

I'm hoping that this will be the anwser to my fabric marker woes, I can control a paint brush but the fabric markers bleed, bleed, and bleed some more, and the marker tips themselves... well don't get me started!

Anyway, I will report back as I will be using the black color, and probably exclusively, as to how these interact with natural dyed fabrics.

Natural Dyeing eBook Super Sale!!!

Natural Dyeing eBook Super Sale!!!

Own them today!

Rust and Clay Dyeing! 

Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques!

Mark Making with Nature: Surface Design with Natural Dyes!

Getting Started with Natural Dyeing!

Feeling Handy

Rust and Clay Dyeing eBook Super Sale!!!

 

$3.99

For a limited time only!  



If you bought the Kindle Version of Compost Dyeing and Other Fermentation Dyeing Techniques, and it's a screwed up mess, email me at prairiefibers@hotmail.com and I will send you the corrected version of the book!

Old Dye Bath

It's really old, as in several years old old!!!  Yes it smells and yes that's fabric in the dyebath, which I believe is madder root.

Mark Making with Nature eBook Hiatus

 

Mark Making with Nature eBook,

the four book eBook package,

is going bye bye come September 10th! 

 

Once it's gone it's gone!!!

Yellow Dye Bearing Blossoms

Part of my blossom haul for the chapter on yellows, there are four different native prairie plants represented above, with the goldenrod below.

Both the blossoms and the stems yeild yellows.

Discharging Natural Dyed Fabrics

I will be posting instrutions, I've gotta find the videos first, on how to discharge natural dyed fabrics on the network, so far I've added a few blurbs for some simple discharge techniques.  The question was how to discharge madder dyed silk fabric using the silkscreen method... and I made a video about six years ago on this very topic.  

If nothing else this is an excellent reason for me to break out the dyepots this week and dye up some fabric!

End of Summer eBook Sale!!!

Celebrating the End of Summer and the beginning of Fall with an eBook Sale!

See my website for details!!!

Sale ENDS August 13th, 2012

WIP - Untitled

I started this piece a good eight or nine years ago and completely forgot about it, well this week is it's week to come to life. 

Layered rust, indigo, and compost dyed, silk, cotton, and cotton linen blend fabrics.