Color by Accident: Low-Water Immersion Dyeing

by Ann Johnston, Color and B&W (Illustrator)

"Color by Accident" is designed to be used as a workbook and reference manual for the adventuresome. Beginning and experienced dyers will find "Color By Accident" to be an inspiring guide for creating one-of-a-kind fabrics not available commercially. It includes Five Variations on a versatile method and 54 tested recipes. NOT required are expensive equipment, dangerous chemicals or specialized studio space. Other books teach how to repeat a method and reproduce colors. This book points the way to exploring new color combinations and to achieving fabric that will be unique and visually complex. But be warned! As one of Ann's contemporaries reports, this process can be addictive.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, Quilting, Crafts

94 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ruth Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beginners recipe book with background information on materials used so you can dye fabric with fiber-reactive dyes using low-water immersion dyeing. Her recipes use Procion MX dyes which react at room temperatures. The hard-cover book has a spiral binding making it easier to follow the recipe while the book remains open. I picked up this book after following Jane Dunnewold's class, The Art of Cloth Dyeing on craftsy.com. I plan to combine the information that I learned in Dunnewold's class with information from Johnston's book for my experiments in fabric dyeing.

[Marie Z Johansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just about taught myself to dye with this excellent book and by Ann Johnston;s other book "Color By Design", I consider these must have books for anyone who wants to learn the art of color on cloth!

[Erika Mulvenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great instructions and awesome techniques.

[Zombie Karin]

Useful book on immersion dyeing, with clear detailed instructions and step by step's for different color combos.