You could go for the tried and true pencil sharpener method, the chop on the cutting board tactic, or the easy way: the blender! Use your best judgement, not all blenders are created equal and I don't want you risking your morning smoothie routine. You will need to peel the paper off of the crayons and then break them down.Roughly separate all of your colors so that when you begin melting you don't get a pool of brown. I chose greens and blues, but whatever palette you choose will end up looking lovely. Pick out your color palette and take out all of those crayons. ![]() I used 3 boxes of 100 crayons to fill our windows (keep in mind that you may only use part of the box of crayons). Below I'll describe how to do it yourself! One of my favorite things about dreaming up new projects for the windows is re-inventing things we use everyday, this time I used waxed paper and crayons. I can't wait to hear from you about your own projects, tip, tricks, and things that you would love to see from us at Gus & Ruby! It's so fun to connect with others who enjoy relishing in color palettes, textures, light, and beauty the way that I do. ![]() I wanted to start sharing this process in a new blog post that I'll write after each new window has debuted. Lucky for me, it's my job to execute the projects we daydream about installing in the windows. We fill the windows with our favorite products and custom work and we see the window displays as another creative venue, to make a beautiful space. We love to focus on the tactile nature of the details, whether it's the impression an inked plate makes into 100% cotton paper, or it's a handmade bag where you can see the stitches that hold the fabric together. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the final tee-pee!Īt Gus & Ruby we adore all things beautiful. We sewed about the foot so that we had a wide opening, if you want a smaller opening just sew further down. When your fabric is dry, wrap it around the PVC and sew the end panels together from the top of the tee-pee.While you're waiting for it to dry, use colorful washi tape to cover any bits of PVC pipe that will be exposed (we have all sorts of colors and patterns and even glitter tape at the shop). Don't do any rinsing, it will desaturate the dye. Once you've finished dying the fabric unfold and let it dry.For a lighter indigo use more water, for a more bold color use less. You can pop the top of the ink dauber off to pour the dye into a bucket. I then tried a more traditional dying method, filling a bucket with a mixture of dye and water and let my fabric and wood sandwich sit in the bucket for 20 minutes. I tried this option first and it worked, but the ink didn't flow as well to create the softer look I was going for. The first option is to use the dye dauber in the kit to draw on the exposed bits of fabric. Rubber band the whole thing together tightly. Fold that shape into the longest rectangle you can, then zig-zag the folds back and forth and sandwich them between the two pieces of wood. I started by folding the first three panels on top of the others, then folded each panel on one another again to work with the shape of just one panel. Wring out your soaked fabric and lay it flat to begin folding.If you're trying out a different technique, you may just use rubber bands. This is where those 6" wooden squares come in. This post from Design*Sponge gives excellent directions for a few different dying techniques, I used the square accordion fold.Simply put: soak your fabric, dye it, and let it dry. Now you get to break open that dye kit! Yellow Owl Workshop gives great dying instructions so be sure to read through those.18" of jute twine or another type of hearty string.Cardboard or wood cut into about 6" squares. ![]() White cotton fabric, we used 3 yards (our friend who sews studied fashion design and is a fabric whiz, so you might need a little extra fabric if you want wiggle room or are making a larger tee-pee). ![]()
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