Dispersed Dye Quilt Finished!

 

I finished the disperse dyed quilt this past weekend and hung in our master bath!  I'm pleased with how it turned out...especially after I struggled with the layout and design!

I started with lots of disperse dyed blocks.  Disperse dyeing is a process of painting papers with a special dye, while wet I laid leaves on the wet dye and covered with plastic wrap.  After it's totally dry, you iron the painted side down on fabric and the dye/pattern will transfer.  This is a touchy process as some fabrics take longer and more heat than others.  

You're only suppose to use disperse dyes on poly type fabric but since I don't wash my quilts, I use cotton!

This was my first idea/design!

and then the madness began with layout after layout...

And more layouts

Yep..still layout out

Adding blocks...taking blocks away

Then decided to use small strips!

Finally, I was happy with the layout...now to hand embroidery the large leaf blocks

I tried to use different threads for each block or at least for the different stems

and then the free motion quilting began!  I haven't quilted in SO long but I have to say I enjoyed this process!

Added embroidery stitches on strips

More threads

More quilting

I blended different color threads in sections rather than using the same color of thread

I'm quite happy with the results...and here's a quick animation I put together of the process!  Hope you enjoy!