Win 2 yards of Project Runway/April Johnston fabric!
January 12, 2012
You could win 2 yards of this great Project Runway/April Johnston jersey this week! Just post your answer to the question below and we’ll pull a random winner from the correct answers given.
This week’s question:
What is technique is known as dip dyeing, color bleeding, or gradated dyeing, is an effect usually achieved by hand dipping fabric in dye so that it gradually goes from light to dark, or sometimes from one color to another?
Good luck!
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by Sbuffum on 01/12/2012 at 11:52
tye dying
by Bibiana on 01/13/2012 at 12:46
Ombré dyeing
by Cindy on 01/13/2012 at 5:13
That technique would be called Ombré dyeing.
by Chris on 01/13/2012 at 6:11
Ombre dyeing
by Michael on 01/13/2012 at 8:18
Ombré dyeing is known as dip dyeing, color bleeding, or graduated dyeing. 
by Cathy Byrd on 01/13/2012 at 11:15
Alright - I am certainly getting educated from your contests. Interesting for sure.
Gradation - when you have one color - yellow for instance - then add a little of another color - red for example - you’ll have a yellowy orange probably - start over again and add more red to the yellow - you’ll have a orangey red maybe - start over again and add a LOT of red to the yellow - you’ll probably have a red with only a tint of yellow to it. That’s my take on gradation.
My mom taught us this when we were dying Easter eggs. We had the MOST Fun! Only thing is - Dad had to eat all the boiled eggs - we didn’t really like the eggs but loved the process of dying them.
Did I get it right? Hope I passed! 
Dip Dyeing - where you’d take a piece of fabric and dip it into multiple colors (you may choose to accordian pleat the fabric to add variety in loosely shaped form) the colors will bleed and you’ll have a very interesting piece of unique fabric
If you tied the fabric - I guess you would be “tie-dying”.
Every college boy probably knows about color bleeding… Ha .. just kidding - most Mom’s teach their sons NOT to mix colors and whites 
I’ll bet there have been a few though - who had to wear pink undershirts for a few days. Bleeding is when the dye “spreads”.
(I may not be 100% accurate on this one )
Cathy Byrd
byrd at gulftel.com
by Melissa on 01/13/2012 at 1:26
Ombre dyeing
by Beth on 01/13/2012 at 3:41
Ombre dyihng
by Erin Eckberg on 01/14/2012 at 10:44
Ombré dyeing
by Tammy Adney on 01/16/2012 at 3:11
Ombré is the technique.
by Karen Kay on 01/16/2012 at 3:33
ombre or gradation
by Springs Creative on 01/18/2012 at 1:00
The correct answer is ombre - a technique that April uses very often in her designs. Karen – you are this week’s winner! Enjoy this fabulous fabric!
by Karen Kay on 01/18/2012 at 2:03
WOW! Thank you so much. I just saw this fabric yesterday at JoAnn’s and loved it but didn’t have the money to buy any at the time. Will look forward to getting my package. THANK YOU!
by Cheri on 01/19/2012 at 3:39
This is a ombre’ dyeing technique. Love the ones that April has done for the collection!
by Karen Kay on 01/26/2012 at 1:55
My fabric just came and I love it. Thank you so much! I’m going to make a blouse with it.
by Meredith R. on 01/27/2012 at 5:25
!Ombre!
by wanda on 01/12/2012 at 10:25
Ombré dyeing