Color Wheel Silk Veils

I have no patience for quilting, but when it comes to using quilter's tips for dyeing fabric, I'm a fan! I love the look of color wheel dyeing--mixing your primaries in different proportions to create a rainbow of fabric. I was going to try it out on some scraps to see how it would "turn out," then thought, why not just make a few silk belly dance veils out of the little experiment?


So here are my three primaries--Procion fuschia and turquoise, and a yellow I had on hand (the kind you find in tie-dye kits at the craft store). I then used the proportions listed on this site to mix my colors. Here are all of my little bottles--12 in all!



I then got to work! I decided to do one veil that would include all 12 colors, going fron left to right lengthwise. Then I did three that were sections of the color wheel: fuchsia to orange, yellow to blue-green, and turquoise to red-violet.

I had a bit of leftover dye so I had some fun doing a fire-style yellow and red veil and a bunch of zill bags. Keep your fingers crossed that they work out!