Give away!!

Sorry this is a little late as I spent the weekend cleaning up storm damage from the previous weekend! So better late than never!

As I previously wrote ;this month Rainbows End will be providing a custom service the have your child's art work printed to either a fabric length or a custom dyed T Shirt.


 Just like this one, the design has been provided by my gorgeous 4 year old grand daughter Lila!

These are not digitally printed they are done the old fashioned way using colourfast pigment inks. Also all the dyes used by Rainbows End are either the sun print colourfast pigments or colour washfast boil proof vat dyes So you can be sure your item will not run in the wash and will be long lasting.

Not only am I offering a Tee custom created in your child size, completely FREE, but also the chance of buying a length of homespun cotton fabric at a discount of of 10% off the regular price.

Homespun custom lengths will retail at $18 per 50cms or $28 per metre. T Shirts will retail at $25.

I am still working out how to include the custom slot into my shop site So in the meantime if you wish to be in the draw

Simply like our facebook page and share this give away on facebook! All existing likers will be entered in my draw if they SHARE this giveaway on their wall.

For my readers who do not have a facebook account simply leave a comment here and link your blog to this post :)

The draw is, on the 11th of February!!! Good luck

February 1st will see a new giveaway!

February 1st marks the beginning of our new trading year, Christmas and school holidays out of the way Rainbows End will be back in full swing!!

This is the latest project I have been developing

KINDER DESIGNER!!

This is were you get your child to make a drawing for me to develop into a screen I will then screen it to a fabric length or a T-shirt in your child's size. This will be a new custom service by Rainbow's End and will give you the chance to see your child's artwork developed into an original, personal, fabric design!

Our giveaway announced on February 1st will have something to do with this new venture!!

Stay tuned!

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!