Registration Deposit: $270 (includes $25 reg fee)
Balance: $655 (includes $75 materials fee), due 7/10/25
Total cost of Workshop: $925
Dates: Monday, September 8th – Friday, September 12th, 2025 (9am-4pm)
Materials: Soderlund- Supply List.pdf
Level: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate

New Class!

Learn color mixing techniques while exploring a wide variety of mini color palettes including some that skew beyond the norm!

Although mixing with single hue primary colors gives the largest breadth of individual hues possible, interesting secondary dyes are also available—orange, violet, purple and gray that are single hues— NOT mixes— in the Procion line.

What happens if they are used as part of a color family? How is the chromatic range affected? Each student will explore an answer to that question, dyeing a mini-family using the pure secondary colors and gray as part of color mixes, then sharing the resulting fabric with classmates. That means up to 18 new color palettes!

You will learn a method of palette exploration that is easily achievable at home, allowing you to become become more confident and comfortable when experimenting with Procion MX dyes.

Everyone will emerge with a large color reference while learning an exciting way to generate more color ideas for their work.

Students will bring selected fabrics from home to use in challenge assignments and will manipulate and transform these palettes in various ways, via the use of overdyes and additions of new parent colors.

In this course you will:

• become proficient in mixing colors and create a wide range of vibrant shades
• feel more confident and comfortable when experimenting with Procion MX dyes
• have access to expert guidance and feedback to enhance dyeing skills
• achieve vibrant and long-lasting colors in dyeing projects without experiencing bleeding
• develop a strong foundation in dyeing techniques and to help you express your personal artistic vision effectively

Instructor Bio
Carol Soderlund began dyeing fabric in 1988 when she couldn’t find the colors she needed to bring the vision of a quilt to life. That hand-dyed quilt subsequently won Best of Show at the 1989 International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. Since then, dyeing and surface design processes have become an enduring interest for her. An educator for 30 years, she encourages the freedom of mixing color by eye with results-based samples to guide the student. For Carol, the ability to dye any color and the increased understanding of the interaction of colors opens the door to spontaneity and intuitive use of color in her work. It is this joyful key to color she hopes to give her students.