4.26.2005

to overdye or not to overdye

Ok, I sort of got off my butt today. I couldn't remember how to scan fabrics into EQ5, but I worked on semi-matching patterns for the twins' quilts anyway. Trouble is, I bought 4 yards of expensive handdye this weekend to use in the piece, and they are just a little bit pinker than the peachs of the rest of the fabrics.

I figure that I have two choices if I want to use the fabs I have - either experiment with overdying the hand dye to make it a bit more orange (which honestly makes me *very* nervous), or I can sew it up as is, and then use pinker threads in my free motion quilting to bring more pink into the whole piece. I could also piece a little pink into the top itself.

I think that I am leaning towards the second option, since I can always take thread out, but dye? Not so easy. Plus, I love the handdye just the way it is! I think that I just answered my own question, but I'd love your suggestions on how to execute it!