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How to Use Natural Dyes and Hand Piecing with Youngmin Lee | Silk Tie Quilts with Alex Anderson

(Show 2807) Korean textile artist Youngmin Lee joins Alex at our beautiful remote location in Livermore wine country. Alex begins the show by demonstrating how to use silk ties to make a quilt. Afterward, she talks to Youngmin about coming to America from Korea and her latest work. Then they move on to a demonstration from Youngmin on Ssamsol – a hand piecing technique. The show wraps up with Youngmin discussing the advantages of natural dyeing, what items you need to do natural dyeing, and best of all, a demonstration on how to do natural dyeing.

Unusual Materials, Hand Work, Hand Piecing, Dyeing, Silk, Jogakbo, Bojagi
Series 2800

Margaret Sproul
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I washed my ties and have deconstructed a couple of them. But the silk ones are very wrinkled and I think they should be smooth before I add the fusible on the back. I have tried ironing them with a silk setting and a press cloth on both the...

I washed my ties and have deconstructed a couple of them. But the silk ones are very wrinkled and I think they should be smooth before I add the fusible on the back. I have tried ironing them with a silk setting and a press cloth on both the back and the front, with and without using a light steam. I have also hung it up and steamed it with an upright iron from a few inches away. Nothing is taking the wrinkles out of the 100% silk. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Barbara Haugen
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Did you wash the ties all in a big batch, loose in the washer, or did you place a few at a time in a mesh bag?
Also, how did you dry them?

Love the pattern you used!
Thanks!

Barbara Stephenson
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Back in the 70’s my husband saw a women who made a skirt our of men’s ties. He thought it was really cool and started collecting ties for me to make a skirt with. I started trying to do this, but the combination of ties really clashed and the...

Back in the 70’s my husband saw a women who made a skirt our of men’s ties. He thought it was really cool and started collecting ties for me to make a skirt with. I started trying to do this, but the combination of ties really clashed and the skirt would have looked awful. Years later I had him help me unsew the ties and I used them to make blocks and mixed the blocks with cotton blocks. Wish I had known about bias and backing back then. I have washed this quilt with my laundry many times without problems.
Barbara Stephenson

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Alex Anderson
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If I remember correctly I washed before I deconstructed them. Try it with one tie and see how that works for you. I LOVE that quilt!!!

jessica
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At what point do you wash the ties? When they are intact, after the batting has been removed and they are deconstructed, or after they have the fusible interfacing on them? TIA

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