Welcome

January 2013
~Melissa J. Will, (Ontario, Canada)

Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions For Beautiful Fabrics provides everything you need to know to dye your own beautiful hand-dyed cotton fabrics at home in a frugal and environmentally-sensitive manner. It's now available as an eBook (in PDF format) for just $2.99.

All you need is a fabric dyeing or tie-dye starter kit, some cotton sewing fabric, and some household supplies. This book evolved from my days as a fabric dyeing instructor.

Want to earn money teaching fabric dyeing? Written as a companion book to Fabric Dyeing 101, my Workshop Planning Guide tells everything I learned about running successful (and lucrative) workshops.

My daily life blog is Empress of Dirt.

Fabric Dyeing / Hand Dyeing Links

Workshops and Lectures
Colour Mixing For Dyers | Carol Soderlund
Quilt Making Workshops and Retreats | Nancy Crow

Instructions and examples for all sorts of dyeing
Tie dyeing, batik, hand painting, low water immersion | Paula Burch

Forums
The Dyer's List |
Natural Dyes | Yahoo Groups

Blogs
Field Trips in Fiber - Adventures in quilting, hand dyed fabric and fiber art | Vicki Welsh
Frequently Asked Questions About Dyeing and Painting | Caryl Bryer Fallert
Artfabrik | Laura Wasilowski
The Lazy Dyer | Melody Johnson

Fun
Ice Fabric Dyeing | Lynda @ Bloom, Bake, & Create
Snow Dyeing | Karen Newman Fridy @ Designer Stitches 

New Book! FD101 Workshop Planning Guide

Earn money teaching Fabric Dyeing 101


Would you like to teach fabric dyeing but don't know how to start?


When I had my hand-dyed fabric business, the most lucrative part of the business was teaching fabric dyeing. Not only did I earn an excellent income ($250+ per half day workshop), but the rest of my business flourished as well.


Everything I learned about planning a workshop is included in my new book. This eBook is in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Reader. [Most computers already have this program but if you need it, it's a free download here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/]


Buy the Fabric Dyeing 101 Workshop Planning Guide with PayPal at e-Junkie for 99 cents:
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If you would like to also buy the companion book, Fabric Dyeing 101, you can add it to your cart at the bottom of this page.


Fabric Dyeing 101 Workshop Planning Guide includes:
  • How to choose a workshop location
  • What day and time slot should I choose?
  • How long should the workshop be?
  • How to organize the workshop to allow time to learn all aspects of Fabric Dyeing 101
  • What supplies and materials are needed
  • Budget: how to calculate all of your expenses
  • How much should I charge my participants?
  • How do I ensure I earn some money?
  • Ideas for promoting your workshop
  • Registration policies and procedures that will please your customers and keep you organized
  • Advance preparation timelines
  • Communicating with your participants
  • Ideas for future workshops
How it works
Using Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions For Beautiful Fabrics as your guide, you can teach a group of 5-10 people how to dye fabrics in an afternoon. Each participant will end up with a complete set of fabrics and you will be properly paid for doing something you enjoy.


How to order
Click on Add to Cart (below) to purchase through e-Junkie with a PayPal payment.

Buy both books for $3.98 US
Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions For Beautiful Fabrics 
and 
Fabric Dyeing 101 Workshop Planning Guide



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Fabric Dyeing 101 Book Feedback

Fabric Dyeing 101 has been available for about six weeks now and I'm starting to get feedback from those of you who have had time to create some hand-dyes. Here's one recent message:

Hi Melissa

I purchased your ebook last month and just wanted to let you know I think this is the best book on hand dyeing fabrics I've seen yet.

I've purchased several books on hand dyeing fabrics---many cost much more than yours and yet yours is the best. The directions are so detailed yet easy to follow. I've dyed rainbow #1 a few days ago and it came out just beautiful.

Thank you so much for such a wonderful and useful resource.

A.

Music to my ears!

Thanks to all of you who have purchased the book so far. I really appreciate it and look forward to hearing from more of you.  It can be quite a thrill when you see how beautiful your own hand-dyed fabrics will be!

~Melissa

PS: If you've got an eReader or iPad (or a computer), my free eBook is available in all formats.

Hi Melissa,

When I first found your website, I couldn't believe how much information was ther...for free. Now you are selling your ebooks, I'm equally amazed--for under $4 you are providing way more information, clearly written, than books I've paid $25 for. I appreciate your generosity and expertise so much. Thank you.

Hi Melissa,


I wish I would have found your ebook earlier I would have saved a lot of money on books and online classes. I have learned more from you than the fancy 30.00 book I ordered what a waste. But, I have yours now and loved reading every page. Ready to start dyeing fabric.

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