October Guild Meeting

Alaine Baugher will be presenting the October 19th guild meeting. Alaine will be showing us how to hand dye cotton fabric. She will be providing enough supplies for each of us to try our own "hand" at dyeing. All you'll need to bring is a white T-shirt and/or a piece of white fabric, up to one yard. Both need to be 100% cotton and both should be washed before you dye them. If you need a T-shirt, Ted's Shirt Shack has a variety of sizes.

One of Alaine's tie dyed t-shirts...Grooooovy!

Alaine has been dyeing shirts with her children and their classmates and has perfected some strategies that make it easy enough for a five year old. We all love the story of Alaine's business venture. She has sold large, hand dyed pieces of cotton to photographers to be used as backdrops. Better yet, this busy mom uses her children's swimming pool as the dye vat! What a great example of using available materials!

A backpack Alaine made to match her daugher's swimsuit

Weather permitting, we will be working outside at Curtis Creek. To take advantage of the available daylight, we will be starting the meeting early: the October 19, 2006 meeting will begin at 6:00 pm.

See you there!