The Dye Lecture

I used to be very shy. When I got up in front of a crowd I would shake.

Not. Any. More. I love to have an audience, especially one where I can talk about stuff like dyeing and about my quilts, which I did last night. And for the first time in years, and I do mean years, I brought along lots of my large quilts, unearthed from the archives in the garage.

We had a full house, which is to say about 20 people crammed into one room, which for this neck of the woods is pretty darn good.

 

I showed lots of fabrics dyed in different techniques, and explained, sort of, how they were dyed. One lovely gal asked all the right questions, almost like a plant in the audience, and that kept the theme of Lazy Dyer-ness right on track.

And then I brought out all the oldies but goodies and explained the process, in 25 words or less. So we covered fusing, dyeing, quilting, thread, fabric, and design in an hour. And I got to dress up!

Afterwards there were deeee-licious goodies to eat and I got to meet several gals, some of which know the same people that I know, making this a very small world. And more importantly than that I met a gal who described her knee problems which matched my knee problems EXACTLY. (which is what us old babes talk about these days, I guess) Anyway…she had hers fixed and told me what doctor to call and I am on my way to ending this knee pain. Woowoo!

I got home so fast, and have no recollection of how. I was going over every word I said, and hoped it made sense. I get so giddy when I have an audience.