TWO FAILS

 Two nearly total fails back to back!  Maybe I should just keep the results to myself......still it's always fun to explore new avenues

The first one:  My thoughtful DIL gifted me an "Indigo Paint Kit" she purchased at SFMOMA after visiting one of their exhibits.  I've indigo dyed many times, but was curious about this little kit because it was for 'Indigo Paint'.  The instructions did not require the fabric to be soaked in soda ash, so I'm thinking okay powdered paint....because it had a small packet of indigo colored granules.

Foolish me, it was such a small amount that surely I wouldn't need a lot of room to work.  I'm a careful tidy person, right?    Gulp....no matter what I did, the powder would not dissolve. It was gritty, slimy, goopy mess that would not work as "paint" applied to fabric with a brush as the instructions implied.

In the process of dealing with fabric, paint, stirrer stick, brush, & plastic drop cloth, all having to be carried to the garbage & my laundry tub, somehow stains appeared in my carpeted studio.  NOTHING I tried worked to make them totally disappear.  

Talk about disappointment!  Bummer......  We had noticed that the paper bag it came in was stained at the top....not sure if that had anything to do with it...the powder appeared dry and should have dissolved.  

Onward I say........because I was looking forward to working with a "pour kit" a friend had given me.  Come back tomorrow and see that disappointing project...but at least I did this one in the garage!!!