Egg Hunt

Thanks for all your encouraging comments. I checked through the archives and see that last year I wrote "Six more days...National Craft Month can't end soon enough." I really should be better prepared for burnout!

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I don't usually dye eggs, but with my recent haul of thrifted ties, I really wanted to try tie dying Easter eggs. As the dude has said, "it gives a whole new meaning to tie dye."

It is not an easy way to dye eggs. You have to take the ties apart. Then wrap the eggs in silk, and wrap them again in plain cotton. (And as I read later on a different site, wrap them in nylons. She also used the tie innards as her wrapping fabric. Clever!) Here they are wrapped in muslin and ready for the boil, looking very French for some reason...

I know I was supposed to use a ceramic or glass pot. I don't have one, and I wasn't that worried about being poisoned by clothing dye.

Here they are on the boil, looking worringly pink.

I bought this tie with this project in mind. It's a horribly tacky Versace tie (beautifully sewn with silk thread instead of cotton/poly like the others). Look at the colors! The eggs came out vibrant.

The next picture shows the dude's favorites. I think he likes how the pattern is so traditionally "tie."

These beauties came from the same truly ugly tie that I made into the bracelet here. If you can't tell, these are my faves. I love the marbling effect. Love!

 I worried about how pale this Talbot's scarf was, but I thought it was worth $1 to try... Great designs, a little hard to see. I wonder if using brown eggs might have helped. The woman who used nylons also used brown eggs and I think some of her colors were more vibrant.

This one was made with scraps leftover from this necklace. Awesome, right? I'm never going to be able to throw away any silk...

Two more crafts!