Mega Sale!!!!!

It is exactly one month till Christmas Eve so our Rainbows End Store is having a mega sale Huge discounts off our fabrics and other hand crafted items!!! In time for you to purchase for Christmas and in time for us to clear the way for some fantastic new fabrics coming to the store in December Dont forget if you like our facebook page  You can get an even further discount by buying selected items in our Facebook Social Store!!!

Give someone some Hand-crafted Love this Christmas!!!!!

We are Open!!!

Finally we have made it the new store at www.rainbowsendstudios.com is now open! Drop in for fabulous opening specials on textiles and much more! If you are on facebook "like" my page then visit the "Social Store" tab at the top of the page and you will receive an extra discount on the already discounted specials and as an added bonus you can shop right in Facebook itself No going to another site.

There will be a lot more stock added to the category's over the next couple of weeks So stay tuned for the announcements and the specials!
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Sneak Peak

Just one of our opening specials for Rainbows End's new storefront opening Friday October 19th.
A lovely complete outfit made from the very special Molly's Garden fabric Suitable to dress a 12 to 18 month old in Rainbows from her head down to her toes.
Of course there will be some Molly's Garden fabric as well for the keen seamstresses

Brand New Store Front For Rainbows End

I have played around with a few storefronts over Rainbows Ends time Now I have decided to upgrade to a brand new look Friday October 19 marks our opening with lots of new Products and terrific opening specials. If your are looking for a special fabric or a special item to give as a gift Drop on by. I will announce the opening and the web address at 7.00pm est on Friday.

There are still more special things to come like an in facebook store right on Rainbows End FB page Stay tuned!

Playing with Vat Dyes

Some time ago I bought myself some Inkodyes from America (Lumi Colour) Those of you who follow Rainbows End on Facebook Would have seen this Image;

 Any how while I was playing with these I had some Indigosol dyes ordered from India I particularly wanted to use vat dyes for the clothing I was producing for my market stall, because they are so coloufast. In doing some research befor the dyes arrival I discovered these dyes where the base of Inkodye, so I have been experimenting!

I used blue because of all my dyes it seemed to have the right light reactivity I think only certian colour codes react to light the other colours react to oxygen, but I have to experiment more to determine this.

Here I have a cut out T-shirt that has been soaked in blue dye and has had a negative and some stencils added. You will note at the point the dye is almost colourless.

Here it is some 20 minutes later and the colour is staring to develop

When the negative is lifted you can see the photo is starting to develop

 The image is clear beneath the little cutout

This is the final result after I have washed out the fabric Of all the indigosol colours I have the blue is the softest I have another colour code in blue so I have yet to try that one but I am also going to double the strength to see if I can get it brighter but all in all I am happy with the result. I have other experiments in mind too stay tuned!

Conquering Little Shoes

I have always wanted to make little shoes. I made little crocheted booties for my eldest daughter when she was a baby They had lovely warm lambs skin soles and I shared my Crafts council residency with a shoemaker in Darwin in 1991. I also had a Subiaco market stall with a friend in 1997 She made the most adorable baby shoes from hand dyed leather. So I wanted to try them with Rainbows End Fabric. I saw a pattern by Kwick Sew and was imediately inspired to try....but...I found the pattern fiddly and could not get the hang of the directions, I found this ladies wonderful tute!  http://babypatterns.atspace.com/tutorial1.html and liked the idea of the bound sole. So using her ideas I adapted a pattern of my own and Presto!!! Baby shoes!!! Now I am working on a design for a baby boys boot!

New Molly's Garden Homespun In Blog Shop

I have added a new print of Molly's Garden on homespun to the blog shop also I have stocked my Meylah Store with some Children's Clothes Why don't you pop in and have a look?
There are more Children's Clothes to come it's just that my camera ran out of battery!

I have been sewing and printing well over the last two weeks!