My INDIGO dye experiments last summer result in many new craft projects! At least 4!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- I was well on my way to making yards and yards of beautiful indigo dyed fabric last summer and then I got ill! I ended up in hospital, my kids took over the channel for a little while and I slowly got back to some sort of health. (though not yet completely)
The project I had hoped to offer to you all in October last year had to be shelved and now offered in a restricted way. But here it is none the less!
I loved re-editing this video for you and seeing the garden in all it's summer splendour!
The kits I made are now available in the shop, plus some scrap packs and you'll find them here.
www.thelasthom...
The DOG, the Stained Glass Effect Panel and the Pojagi Style Panel, are all the things I made with the fabric. You can make whatever you like with yours!
The quilt I made over on Patreon is the Courthouse Steps block and I dyed all the fabric for that from the deepest blue to very pale indeed. It was a huge amount of fun! It is available to watch straight away at the $20 tier, as are all of last year's Alongs and will be part of the 'reposting' series for the $10 tier a little later in the year.
Check all of that out here
/ thelasthomelyhouse
Also - the March Catchup has just gone live for the $5 tier ... something for everyone over on Patreon!
I have created an Indigo Craft Playlist with all the examples of the things I made here
• Indigo Craft
Not all of these projects are indigo dyed fabric, but the items can be made with the kits on sale in the shop.
Thank you for watching.
Take care
Love
Kate
xxx
One of my favorite things about any project you share with us is that you explain that "this is the way I do it" or "this is what works for me" which leaves the impression of: just because everyone's way may be different, it doesn't mean it's wrong! I love that!
I agree!! There are so many folks out there who think their way is the only way, or "this is the way I learned it, so it must be The way to do it"
There is more than one way to do just about every craft, and other things. Plus, many folks are afraid to experiment, and try different ways to do something. They expect specific instructions to do something, and think those instructions is the Only way to do something!
Now your health is good? Hope so,love your cats and videos,you are fabulous.finallysomeone that uses colorful fabric.
This is one grand video and an inspiring presentation that encourages my current dying foray. Thank you Kate and Anna. The changes upon exposure to the air is so excellent
My friend Rachelle Stewart sent me here because I'm making indigo paint. I had no intention to watch a 30 minute video this morning but this was wonderful. Thank you.
OMG... I had no idea I need to indigo dye 💙💙💙 It's so beautiful. Thank you.
I love how cat Rita has taken over where Norma left off❤️❤️
I had a cat who took over from her brother when he died!
My cat Millie has taken over the full house x
So sweet. The cats are taking care of you, as well.
Absolutely love everything you do!!! THANK YOU!!!🤗❤️🙏🌹
Anyone else see a row of cats sitting up in the panel Kate opens at 14:45?
At our Creative Fibre group we have regular Dye Days and have an indigo bath for everyone to bring anything to be dyed. There are tshirts, aprons, fabric and wool and it’s so exciting to see the dye develop from green to indigo. The items get paler and paler as the dye bath exhausts.
Kate, the Indigo fabrics are beautiful and the last piece looks like white flowers on a blue background. Absolutely gorgeous. You are have so many talents and a adore you. You could teach us older ones some beautiful tricks with fabric. God Bless and pray you stay well.❤🙏👍🐈
“Having a go” at something different and interesting would make life better for so many people who stick to only what they already know. Imagine the first people to dye with indigo. If they never tried something different we wouldn’t have indigo dyes.
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It is so frustrating to be able to only give one 'like'. This is wonderful. Blue is my favorite color. The indigo color is glorious!! 100 'likes' from me!
Thank you so much! xxx
The last one is amazing. Looks like a host of jellyfish in the ocean. Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us. I am static that I discovered your channel in 2023! Big hugs sent your way!!
the video was amazing. I loved the last dyed piece, it remined me of jelly fish!
You need a Pipe and wrap the fabric loosely! Indigo and gives some various outside
Cats!!! I distinctly see Cats!!!
What fun!
Indigo cats!
Fascinating watching the indigo dyeing.
Kate!
Got a real chuckle from your 'chutney' comment.
Great sense of humour🤣
Oh my goodness - hospital. I'm so sorry to hear that happened.
The Indigo dying process is very interesting. Not something I'm likely ever going to attempt but I like to watch it happen. 😃
Wow loved that beautiful blue 🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦⚪️🟦🟦
with white circles indigo …. Just GORGEOUS!!!!! Thank you Kate … just beautiful!!!
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Very Interesting to see the process - thanks, Liz
That's a Scottie dog ❤L
Love Indigo, Kate! Dyeing is fun, too! Love watching your fabrics dyed! Thanks, Kate! Sandra Myer from Indigo ! ❤
Wow!!!interesting ,Kate and sold out!!,!
Learned alot,,,
Thanks so much,,
Elaine 🏡🏡🏡
I think I like the one that looks like jellyfish, the last one. Have a great week Kate and thanks for posting. See you soon on the lime green sofa Jane
I love all of your indigo, but the one done using the pipe is amazing!
You are so industrious while staying relaxed☺️
Hi... when you wash the indigo fabric in your washing machine just add a few handfuls of salt in and it will be more colorfast.
Kate, Indigo is my favorite thing to do. Your results are fabulous. ❤️
I love the little dogs.
I look through the many comments after enjoying each video & you have to feel the love and appreciation coming from all of us❣️❤ So sorry you were in the hospital & thankfully, you look well now 🥰 Keep sharing but don’t overdo! (I just laughed out loud…telling Kate not to overdo😂)
The poem…The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat…inspired a dog pillow and kitty made by my grandmother for my older sister and we all played with them..only the Gingham Dog has survived. Not bad considering we are all in our late 60’s and early 70’s. The Gingham Dog was green gingham with a black button eye!
I love the blue print very cool hello Miss Rita she is a gorgeous cat
so Meditative watching you dye outdoors ! I do Love the indigo stained glass effect window panels with the floral inserts...Best Wishes for a restorative Spring, Kate ❤
Use spoons( old) and tool old things!
I should have known that your indigo would go fast! 😟 for me. 😊 for you. Ah, well. The video was lovely.
Fascinating Kate. I'm so glad you showed us at the end that last big piece with all of the little scrunchy elastics. Wouldn't that print make for a fabulous skirt?!? I was all like ooooh and ahhh'ing LOL
Love the indigo dying and the vast way's there are of using it. I have been making the garden ties for quite awhile now and I sew a small zig zag stitch down each side which prevents more fraying and knotting. Loved your video as usual, such a delicious way of relaxing. Thank's Kate.
Hello kate,oh my goodness this video was so relaxing and very interesting, so wonderful to do these handcrafted fabrics you are so very clever, gifted and so kind ,easy listening to and a lovely lady.hello to all your creatures there too.thankyou and love and prayers 🙏 xxheather,xx
What a beautiful color, I love that , thank you for sharing with us. 😊 ❤ Linda W.
Hope that all your animals are well Kate? Would love to see Elieen the goose and the cats on your vids please, and outside in your garden please. Love from Devon xxx
Thanks for sharing your beautiful work Kate. You are a treasure box of ideas. So glad to see cat Rita taking her job very seriously. I think Norma must have given very detailed instructions on how she is to perform her video bombs. Such a sweetie she is. Have a Blessed week.
The last one looks like jellyfish in the deep blue sea 🌊 💙
I could watch you do the Indigo all day long…. Waiting for the next one to come out, then the next one 😛. Loved this video
That is beautiful reminds me of tie dye it's beautiful thanks for sharing oh if I could I would love to get some of your stuff but I have to wait till I can afford so enjoy sewing and crafting and everything so stay safe be careful and have a great week and lots of love and hugs to you and your family thank you 💜💜🙏🙏🤠🤠
Oh My Goodness, Kate these indigo dyed fabrics are Awesome!
Hi Kate from the Southern Highlands of NSW Australia. Love your videos and love seeing Rita now becoming your little video buddy appearing often. Happy crafting 💜💜
You saved the best for last -- that ending panel was absolutely spectacular! For anyone who turned it off after "That's a wrap" missed your brilliant artwork. As you did all those years ago with your indigo dyeing, you wowed me with this process. Not that I would ever attempt it but I do hope that you will do some more in the future. Thank you, Kate, for being you and being so creative! xx
You can get a similar effect with rubber bands holding those small glass discs in place while dyeing. You can get them at the craft shop, they're used in vases to keep flower stems from moving around.
I used to have a stuffed dog like that! Back in the 60s, made out of scraps of double knits!! Remember those fabrics?
I was overzealous and left a message halfway through the video. I know see what you have done with it and it’s fantastic. 😊
I bet I wasn't the only person to jump when you took a drink at the end! Kate, check what's in that cup! this is why I never mix drinking with art, can't be trusted to pick up the right cup..
oh wow, like Christmas morning opening up your parcels with lots of surprises, absolutely fantastic
Wonderful presentation. I love colour blue and these pieces of fabtic fascinated me. And I also love the way you talk and explain. I just waitto see your next video with your ideas , house, garden and of course your lovely cats.
Hello Kate , just a beautiful video love the way you explain things . You are looking very well great to see take care now.🦋
Totally interesting to see the cloth evolve from green to blue. 🌸
I enjoyed the indigo process and how the green turned blue- many things CB I loved watching from you and I how the cotton sheets turned out!
And more 5” and 2 1/2 “ too! Thanuou Kate-wish I was there to do the same dyeing process with YoU, Kate!
I've recently come across your videos and love them! I find myself calmed down when I watch them. I love all of the different crafts and activities. I hope you take this the right way, but your calmness, stories, and way of talking reminds me of The Friendly Giant. Your lime green sofa even reminds me of his chairs to sit in!
I love the serendipitous nature of your indigo dyeing process. Each one is a gem and I would love to have a go.. Your enthusiasm is brilliant.
❤ that was a fun video to watch and I really enjoyed your process……..❤
What a thoroughly enjoyable video....just the quiet and pace I needed. Ooooh, each reveal was so exciting.....I was 'ooohing' and 'ahhing'. And gorgeous projects at the end. Mmmm....bliss. 😊
Isn’t that Indio dying just the coolest process. Kate you made a lot of beautiful prints on your fabric pieces. And then dog made out of the Indigo fabrics are so cute. Take care of yourself and don’t over do it, I know your familiar with the tortoise and the hare. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
I love the indigo patterns! By the way I love the yellowcardigan
Stunning
You and your creative adventures add much joy to me life! Gracie Mille! 🌺🟡🔵
Great video as always, really enjoyed watching your interview with "The Idiot Quilter", came across it by chance, happy days!!!!!!
Absolutely lovely!! Especially love the stained glass look!! Thank you so much!
Beautiful, beautiful. I love it very much. Take care dear Kate.
Kate does all the items including for Christmas boxes up so beautifully. I have a friend who is like that.
Well I missed out on ordering your indigo fabric. I was busy sewing and at 6pm my time I remembered...4 hours late. I enjoyed watching you dye your fabrics, so much fun and work! So happy to see you well now. Thanks for the video!
Sinfully Satisfying......
Good description for this wonderful activity!
Second time watching and i guarantee it wont be the last.....
Thankyou Kate for sharing your delicious activities with the world at large🤗
A very fun tuber today. I have dyed some fabric once, not indigo but I had a ball. I still have it in a box and I look at it every now and again just to tell myself how well I did. I do not have the heart to cut and use it. I love it and it was so much fun to see all the movement markings on the fabric.
Great video, Kate! The piece you pulled out of the dye pot at 15:00 made me gasp. So beautiful. Hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day!
Sold out. Rats! So beautiful. I agree... would be nice to keep some of it the green color. I so look forward to your videos! ❤
So Happy to see you looking & sounding well. You are amazing & so encouraging .Blessings
Beautiful! I have dyed yarn with Indigo and swung the skein around to introduce the oxygen. Such fun watching it turn from green to blue.
You are amazing!💙💙💙 So glad I've found your channel, while working on my memory quilt orders. I'm learning so much, as you are a wonderful teacher and artist. Thank you for sharing with us. 🌻🌻🌻 (p.s. I can hardly wait to see the Japanese styled jacket!)
Hi Kate. I love the darkest fabric which has small lighter shades similar to a flower shape. Brilliant idea with different sizes of piping. Love the concertina one too. In fact there are none that I don't like 🤭 Thank you for sharing and keep on enjoying the lovely Spring weather we are having. Mary. 😊 xx
Tx Kate.made your scotty dog with scrap fabric acc to your instructions. The recipient was very happy. My first EPP project and I'm now addicted.
I hope I'm not now going to be addicted to indigo dyeing!
Your curtains you've made have always been one of my favorite things. It's like stained glass and its beautiful. Seeing the rubber bands pop off the last piece of fabric was neat. It was magical.
Superb Kate..thank you. I loved watching you dying the fabric and producing all the different designs..fascinating. I loved them all ….but I think the concertina one was my favourite. Thanks again Kate…take care ..Hugs Dottie xx
Just as I suspected, all the indigo packs are gone! Still, it was lovely to see the process and the possibilities. 💕
Fascinating how it turns from green to blue.
Oh Kate your fabric is just gorgeous. The one with the pipe reminds me of a shimmering pond in the sun. Thank you for sharing. ♥️♥️♥️
Lovely indigo colors and fabrics. Thank you for sharing.
As always you make my heart ❤ happy! Thank you so much for sharing! Muahhhh and smooch smooch 😘
I don't have indigo, but the wrapping and tieing and tube techniques should work for other kinds of dye as well. Yours turn out SO beautifully, I think other colors might be very nice too. )))))
I got way behind in watching your lovely videos. So glad to see this one - I really love the process of the indigo dying, and especially the transformation of the green color to that beautiful blue color. I think that indigo blue is my favorite. Thanks for this video.
Really lovely, Kate. I like the green too. Such a pretty color.
Kate , you always get me at Indigo 💙
Loved watching your process!
Just found this you tube. What fun you’re homey house is- always something fun going on Anna you are blessed to have Kate as your mother in law. I would love to spend time with you all and play with you all. Love and sunshine to you all
welcome to my Lime Green Sofa Catherine! Xxx
You occupy yourself with the most interesting variety of activities! Cat Rita really did pick up right where Norma left off!
Wow love this ❤ beautiful effects with the pipes. Thank you for all the inspiring calm video's you make🙏
I never realized they would come out green, then turn blue! I love to sew, and use hand dyed, and batik fabrics. But, I will leave the dying to others.😏 I have a sensitive respiratory system, and I probably have enough going on just being close to the fabric, thread bits, and whatever dust comes from quilting. They are beautiful, though!!
Gorgeous 🤩Blue my favorite color💙🧵🪡🦋
What beautiful indigo you are such a talent❤❤❤
Hello from Amherst, New York. A suburb of Buffalo 🦬 New York. Love your sweet calico kitty 🐱. The indigo dye is marvelous! How lovely ☺️
They are beautiful Kate!Love the Indigo color.
This is beautiful. I love watching it turn from green to blue.