12. How To Dye a Wholecloth Quilt

LeahDay

Leah Day has been teaching online since 2009. She's the creator of the Free Motion Quilting Project, a blog filled with thousands of quilting tutorial videos. Leah has written several books including 365 Free Motion Quilting Designs, Explore Walking Foot Quilting with Leah Day, and Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt.

16 Responses

  1. Oh, girl! I would have been so nervous dying it after all that quilting. You can add bravery to one of your many great attributes!

  2. Joni says:

    Leah, wondering why you did not choose to dye this in your washing machine. It is beautiful, but seemed like a lot of hard work.

  3. You are such a gutsy lady, not to mention an amazing artist!

  4. Monika says:

    Love it. I need to play this way. Thanks for sharing.

  5. Rachael says:

    My heart dropped when you said you were going to dye her! But wow what a difference love the video!

  6. KayC says:

    No, thats not an option for me. I'm really nervous about quilting a really ig quilt and washing them afterwards. But dyeing? This huge quilt? Never…

    You did a great job!

    Katharina

  7. Anonymous says:

    Amazing. So the dye doesn't change the color of the Isacord thread at all? It looks still white in the pictures.

  8. I really enjoy watching all of you videos….I play them in the background on my desktop computer as I sew and I noticed that you recently have the videos looped so another will play after one finishes and I like that!It makes me feel like I am quilting WITH someone as I sew :0)

  9. Sue says:

    Great video and your quilt is gorgeous!! But I too am curious as to why you didn't simply dye this quilt by submerging it in a large tub, bucket, etc. instead of with a small bottle. Of course, I have NO experience with dying fabric, so I'm not criticizing, I'm just plain curious. 🙂

  10. Leah, this has turned out absolutely stunning! I hope one day I have the courage to dye a quilt!!!!

  11. Bel says:

    Not for the faint of heart! Along with Joni and Sue, I wonder why you chose this method to dye — but I'm light years away from doing something like this, so I'll just pick my jaw up from off the ground and admire. Can't wait to see the next blog of progress!

  12. Gladys says:

    WOW!!! Leah … realy you are amazing! Thanks for sharing this! Turned out absolutely stunning! Congrats!

  13. PJ says:

    Leah, I just love your teaching and designs. I am taking one of your Craftsy classes and the content is amazing. Thanks for all you do for us. I am really enjoying the Duchess Reigns and the Express Your Love processes.

    Thank you!
    PJJ in Oregon

  14. Katie says:

    This makes perfect sense to me! It's like an "AHA". . first of all. . if you used maroon fabric to begin with. . you would have had to use chalk or some other quilting method (that's not as nice as water soluble blue line). . and if you have to soak the quilt to get rid of the water soluble thread ANYWAY. . you might as well go ahead and dye it!! Plus, dyeing gives you those amazing UNIQUE results that noone else will have! I freaking love it, thanks for sharing. .and this is on my TODO list for SURE now!

  15. Sun Citian says:

    What a great tutorial. You do such a nice job with all your videos. I continue to be amazed at your talent and your generosity in sharing that talent with us. Thank you so very much!

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