Guest guest Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 > Hey, those were cool. What is going on with that, Amy? What's the > dealio, yo? I've been involved in a women's hiking club (mostly US, but have members worldwide) for about ten years. We try to wear ribbons on our packs to recognize each other, blue/yellow/green sky/sun/grass, but they are often hard to see or wear out quickly. We were discussing something else, and I made a joke about tie dying our colors on a bandana... and it turned into this big project!! :-) > Did you try different folding techniques? Ya know, I thought I was going to... but then I thought it'd be nice if they sorta looked the same, so I did them all in the spiral. Probably the wrong one to choose, as it was pretty labor intensive in folding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 On 4/21/06, Amy <> wrote: > > > Hey, those were cool. What is going on with that, Amy? What's the > > dealio, yo? > > I've been involved in a women's hiking club (mostly US, but have > members worldwide) for about ten years. We try to wear ribbons on our > packs to recognize each other, blue/yellow/green sky/sun/grass, but > they are often hard to see or wear out quickly. We were discussing > something else, and I made a joke about tie dying our colors on a > bandana... and it turned into this big project!! :-) > That is an awesome idea, Amy. I like the symbolism of the colors too and how now they'll mesh together in unison to represent life and strength attached to each one of you. > Did you try different folding techniques? > > Ya know, I thought I was going to... but then I thought it'd be nice > if they sorta looked the same, so I did them all in the spiral. > Probably the wrong one to choose, as it was pretty labor intensive in > folding! > The same technique is cool because you all seem to be a team and bond of sorts. The pictures were wonderful. I've tried one tie dye experiment with wadding and bleach (yah I had no idea what I was doing) on a colored shirt. It did not turn out as I expected but it did actually look pretty cool. Seeing your pictures, I realize that there is quite some work to it and I hadn't realized what exactly goes into it (specifically how tight they were bound and the use of rubber bands). I thought that was really cool. Did you make them by yourself and if so what did you hiking buddies think? Cool project, kudos to you. Shawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 > That is an awesome idea, Amy. I like the symbolism of the colors > too and how now they'll mesh together in unison to represent life > and strength attached to each one of you. :-) Thanks! > The same technique is cool because you all seem to be a team and > bond of sorts. The pictures were wonderful. I've tried one tie dye > experiment with wadding and bleach (yah I had no idea what I was > doing) on a colored shirt. It did not turn out as I expected but it > did actually look pretty cool. I think that's actually called " discharge dying " . This is the site I used for instructions... http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/dyetips.shtml > Seeing your pictures, I realize that there is quite some work to it > and I hadn't realized what exactly goes into it (specifically how > tight they were bound and the use of rubber bands). I thought that > was really cool. Did you make them by yourself and if so what did > you hiking buddies think? I didn't realize how much work it was either! *lol* I ended up having 90 of them to do. I did all the work myself, except at the end my husband helped stuff envelopes (ugh I cannot stand to lick the envelope flaps!!). The ladies are all over the country (some in other countries too but none of them ordered one), and only one person has recieved hers yet. But they liked the pictures! :-) > Cool project, kudos to you. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 In a message dated 4/21/2006 3:20:17 PM Central Standard Time, subprong writes: > I've been involved in a women's hiking club (mostly US, but have > members worldwide) for about ten years. We try to wear ribbons on our > packs to recognize each other, blue/yellow/green sky/sun/grass, but > they are often hard to see or wear out quickly. We were discussing > something else, and I made a joke about tie dying our colors on a > bandana... and it turned into this big project!! :-) > That is an awesome idea, Amy. I like the symbolism of the colors too and how now they'll mesh together in unison to represent life and strength attached to each one of you. `There is a wonderful organization that we used to belong to called Volksmarching, that we did awesome walks with. Here is a link if any of yall would like to investigate the organization. _American Volkssport Association Walking Clubs and Walking Volksmarch Events_ (http://www.ava.org/) Susie or Susan Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. ~Woodrow Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 > That is an awesome idea, Amy. I like the symbolism of the colors > too and how now they'll mesh together in unison to represent life > and strength attached to each one of you. Thanks, Susie! I liked the spiral symbology too. > `There is a wonderful organization that we used to belong to called > Volksmarching, that we did awesome walks with. My DH did some of that in Germany. Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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