Dye Diana Dye

by Erika Jurney on October 28, 2009

When I was first setting up the Try Handmade Market, long-time advocate of 1000 Markets Diana, of Dye Diana Dye, was one of the first people to jump in and let me know to ask her for any help I might need. It really made 1km start to feel like a friendly community to me.

Can you believe the detail in her shirts? Her shop tagline is incredibly appropriate: “it’s not your typical tiedye” — that’s for sure! Don’t get me wrong, I love regular tiedye, but this is a whole different animal, and the patterns are fascinating.

From Diana herself: I love dyeing things. There’s just something intensely satisfying to me about these Shibori resist techniques – particularly the hand-stitched ones – perhaps it satisfies the part of me that needs to embroider. Except this embroidery all gets pulled out, and leaves behind color magic.

Magic is right.

Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook or learn more about her love of the handmade.

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1 Diana October 28, 2009 at 4:18 pm: Dye Diana Dye featured today @tryhandmade – the must-read-blog. Thank you, Erika! http://bit.ly/3nyMTm
2 Handmade News October 28, 2009 at 7:51 pm: #tryhandmade :: Dye Diana Dye: When I was first setting up the Try Handmade Market, long-time ad.. http://bit.ly/32ctF
3 Diana October 28, 2009 at 8:02 pm: Thank you, Erika! What a wonderful write-up. :)
4 Erika Jurney October 28, 2009 at 8:59 pm: Fabulous! #handmade Dye Diana Dye- When I was first setting up the Try Handmade Market, long-time advocate of 1000 … http://bit.ly/2XnhKs
5 thebeadedlily October 28, 2009 at 8:31 pm: RT @tryhandmade Dye Diana Dye http://bit.ly/3nyMTm
6 Stephanie Hughes October 29, 2009 at 5:51 am: Love your blog and absolutely love Diane’s Dying. I am glad you shared with us. I also want to check out the handmade community. I am going to keep tabs on you! Stephanie
7 Matthew Trifiro November 9, 2009 at 2:55 pm: How'd I miss this awesome article on Dye Diana Dye? Read it now! http://bit.ly/2je4HJ
8 Harriet P November 9, 2009 at 3:05 pm: RT @MatthewTrifiro: How'd I miss this awesome article on Dye Diana Dye? Read it now! http://bit.ly/2je4HJ her work is amazing!
9 Cheryl Cantwell November 9, 2009 at 3:35 pm: Everyone needs truly special tie dye from Diana! When you say one of a kind, there’s no way any 2 could be alike!! My daughter loves hers.
10 Abby Horowitz November 9, 2009 at 6:23 pm: Thanks for all you do to support handmade, Erika! Diana is an amazing magical woman whose work sings with spirit and wild creativity. Her work is an inspiration.
Thank you for highlighting her!
11 Wendy Russell November 10, 2009 at 3:20 am: Dye Diana Dye is the shop to visit when life is feeling mundane and colorless. Diana’s work is not only wearable, but frameable! Thanks for sharing your talents with us. The Try Handmade blog is terrific!

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Erika Jurney
Palo Alto, CA, US
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Sarah Safranski
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Valerie Williams
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Diana Prichard
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Diana is a freelance writer and wanna-be homesteader living in rural Michigan with her husband, two daughters, two dogs, three horses, a small flock of chickens and an ever-changing menagerie of other farm animals large and small. She writes about life and work at dianaprichard.com. »more...

Zoe Grant
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Ellie Thouret
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Kim O'Brien
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