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Welcome to Candied Fabrics Classes

Online Classes for People who love Color!

My name is Candy Glendening, and I’m addicted to color. I’ve been dyeing fabrics to use in my art for over 26 years now, my blog chronicles my work. I’ve developed a series of online classes to help people learn how to dye using Procion MX fiber reactive dyes.

 

Each class is self-paced, with no end date on your access to the information. I use a combination of written worksheets, templates, step-by-step directions with lots of pictures, and videos of steps that could be tricky. I make a .PDF of each session that you can download for saving on your computer (and printing if you so desire).

 

These classes are packed with details!

Dyeing 100

Intro to Fiber Reactive Dyes

Dyeing 100: Intro to Dyeing with Fiber Reactive Dyes is my simple beginner’s class, there are 3 hours of video, 38 pages of PDFs plus printable formula worksheets in several formats!

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Dyeing 101

Controlling Color

In Dyeing 101: Controlling Color you learn how to dye the Candiotic Table of Elemental Color; there are 5 hours of video, 90 pages in the .PDF files plus 2 multi-page spreadsheets to use in calculating dye amounts and a worksheet for each session.

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Dyeing 102

Controlling Texture

Dyeing 102: Controlling Texture has 10 hours of video, 130 pages of PDFs along with session worksheets and 2 spreadsheets.

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Dyeing 103

Multi Color Cotton Fabrics

Dyeing 103: Multi Color Cotton Fabrics  has 11 hours of video, 134 pages of PDFs along with a spreadsheet for each color relationship.

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Dyeing 104

Multi Color Silk Fabrics

Dyeing 104: Multi Color Silk Fabrics contains over 12 hours of video and 184 pages of downloadable PDF’s, along with a 11 helpful excel spreadsheets.

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FAQ

Each session has a Question and Answer forum associated with it – I will respond to any question you have within 24 hours, and both these questions and answers will be available for other registered students to view. The beauty of an online course is that if several people are having the same difficulty with a particular step, I will just create additional content to add to the session to clarify any confusion.

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The class is complete and self-paced, you progress through the lessons on your own schedule

By day, I teach biology to students at the University of Redlands who are non-science majors. I am very comfortable engaging my students and putting complex ideas into terms they understand. I’ve spent over 26 years learning how to dye fabric, and developed this way of dyeing to accommodate my busy schedule and not waste my limited resources.

I have 40 “how to” articles published in various Interweave publications (see list here), I have been a guest on 12 episodes of Quilting Arts TV, and I filmed 2 different Quilting Arts Workshops as well. Video clips from them can be found here; they are a great introduction to my teaching style.

Testimonials

I was so amazed with getting so many colors from 3 basic primaries. I feel like Candy has revealed the Secrets to Life, the Universe, and Everything to me! This class was so worth it! Thank you, Candy! - Michele
Seriously, this is the best online class I have taken. You are computer savvy and you know dyeing--a match made in heaven. 🙂 (PS--I am a functional analyst and help non teckies in the Justice department figure out what their program needs are, so I KNOW what good documentation should look like.) - Dahn
I have quite a bit of experience in shibori (episodically intense) and printing with thickened dyes (but not lately), but am tired of my sloppy outcomes in color. I like the tone of your presentations. Everything seems very achievable. I greatly appreciate your sense of order.
I can immediately see you are a gifted teacher- your planning, background preparation are evident in well presented materials.
You are doing the proper teaching "thing", having everything shown, told and written. One or the other method should get through to everyone. I think you've done a great job presenting information so far. Incorporation of videos makes a huge difference in clarifying processes, such as the way you scrunch your fabric. It will be great when students start putting their fabrics on the gallery. I think there's always a lot of learning from fellow students. I also appreciate how quickly you've responded to comments.
As I learn more and more about low immersion dyeing, I find that the only consistent technique is the Candiotic Table! I get the same color every time and can do a project this week and make a new piece for it next week and it will be awfully darn close to exact. - Laine
I love love love these classes. The format is perfect for my learning style and the lessons are easy to follow. I particularly like being able to go at my own pace and having enough examples that I can do the ones I want and find exciting, and skip the ones I don't particularly care about doing while still learning everything in the lesson material. The color palette spreadsheets are worth so much more than the cost of the class. I can't believe we are receiving the excellent instruction, AND the different "recipes" for the price it is being offered. Thanks Candy!
It's very helpful to have both video and documentation. I watch the videos for the first go round, but then have the documentation to refer back to when I just want to go over a particular aspect again, without re watching the whole video. The spreadsheets are great. If you aren't familiar with Excel there is plenty of tutoring in the program, and if you are familiar with Excel, you will be able to figure out how to use the basic structure to make new blends of your own colors. - Merran
Candy's dyeing classes are all wonderful. The material is well thought out and well-presented plus Candy is so responsive if a question or problem comes up. The spreadsheets in the class materials are a huge help for mixing the right amount of dyes for the project at hand. I highly recommend these classes for anyone who wants to learn Fiber Reactive Dyeing. They are worth the cost and time investment. -Liz
I really enjoy "Candied Fabric Classes". I continue to work through and reference each class, "Controlling Color", "Controlling Texture' and "Multi-color Techniques". Candy presents each subject with a unique balance of science and art. Her methods allow you to repeat a favorite color or texture, while giving you the tools to explore your own creative avenues. - Connie
I love how you have included both written and video material, I can watch how to first and then refer to the written material to do the actual steps. Showing the student the final product is very exciting to see and compare when we have done it ourselves. Seeing that even you can make small mistakes and how to ensure we do things correctly to prevent cross contamination and I enjoy hearing you get excited with the process itself makes me chuckle along with you. - Jackie
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