Ice-Dyed Top

I was cleaning my closet the other day and found an old top I bought from the sale rack years ago.  It was solid white and not very interesting.  I have worn it a couple times, but never thought it was very nice even though there is some beading around each cuff and the neckline.  Instead of giving it away, I decided to ice dye it in my favorite color...blue. 

This is how it looks hanging on the line drying.  The batch time was only 8 hours as we've been having 90 degree sunny weather.  The ice melted very fast.  

This is the final outcome.  I think it's very nice now.  The piece behind the top is just a small piece of scrap that went into the batch at the same time.  It will probably be used in a quilt sometime.  

More Ice Dyeing

Ice dyeing can be quite addictive.  I find myself wondering what would happen if...?  These pictures show the mandala folding. 

But, I guess a more important question is, "what am I going to do with them?"  These mandalas are beautiful and wouldn't benefit to cut them up.  So that leaves making them the center of a quilt.  I would like to quilt using perle cotton in long stitches on one.  Sashiko interests me, so one of them could be stitched with that technique.  I also want to try the kaleidoscope techniques. Some of the pieces will be cut up to add texture.  Solids are OK, but I find more interest in quilts with lots of texture and contrast.  

I want to make a stained glass quilt using the dyed pieces.  This is a picture of a pillow top that is fused and appliqued with clear monopoly thread.  

Not the traditional bias binding stained glass technique of years ago, but I like it.  

There are so many videos and resources available today making it easy to master the dyeing techniques.  Even my DH has learned how to do this.