I was the last person to work on Simona's block in the Beaded RR. She had used black in the block foundation and I felt some black motif butterflies would tie the block together. My experience with trying to dye something black had been disappointing so I experimented with an ordinary permanent black Sharpie marker. The lace butterflies soaked up the ink and I was thrilled with the intensity of the black...
10/28/2008
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It is gorgeous! Never tried a sharpie as black dye. Good idea.
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