I was in need of some more fabric....

The new rug is coming along....ummm.

Slowly.

I just didn't have any scrap fabric in the colors that I was craving.  And I'll be darned if I was going to cut up some of my most favorite prints.

Luckily, the Thrift Store had a few pretty sheets that came home with me.  But they were white and not exactly ideal for the making of something to go underfoot.


White+ Rug = NIGHTMARE ( just speaking from past experiences)

I thought about it for a bit and decided to try something new...something that I had been meaning to try for a while now....

Fabric Dying.

I had a big stainless steel bowl, a box of purple Rit dye, and being a nurse, I happened to have a few rubber gloves (you know, just hanging around) for the process.

I started with the twin white floral sheet and let it soak for about 5 minutes.
 
It came out beautifully. 

Then I cut the Queen sheet and dyed half of it (I plan on using the white print for some other project).

I only let this one soak for 2 minutes for a paler purple.

I had also gotten 2 yellow cafe curtains at the thrift store that I dyed one of to see how the yellow took to the purple....it took it better than I thought that it would.

I really liked it.

And all of that newly dyed fabric combined with the above 10 yards of cheap cotton from Walmart and I had all of the colors that I was envisioning in this rug.

 

So now, a majority of that fabric has been torn into lengths of strips, rolled into balls and is sitting in a basket in my sewing room, just waiting for me to have my next day off.

I'm working for the next 3 days, but I'll be back on Sunday....I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.