{"id":493,"date":"2005-01-06T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2005-01-06T21:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/whats-next\/"},"modified":"2005-01-06T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2005-01-06T21:08:17","slug":"whats-next-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/whats-next-3\/","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s next&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/images\/1:6:samples.jpg\" alt=\"samples\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I need to do some work to figure out how to dye the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gfwco.com\/\">fur plates<\/a> I bought for doll hair.  I have enough &#8211; they come 2 feet x 4 ft-so I can experiment.  I have cut up a bunch of samples.  I will try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcushing.com\/acid_dye_color_card.htm\">Cushing Dyes<\/a> first.  I bought a bunch of dye packets in the colors that might be like hair.  I haven&#8217;t been able to find any real information on the best way to do this&#8230; the only other time I tried to dye some tibetan lamb, the leather part turned into rock and the only way I could use the wool was to cut it off.  I know that I can&#8217;t use hot water.  I am concerned about color-fastness.  Lots of the dyes people suggest on doll sites, such as Kool-aid or Rit, are not likely to keep their color.  Messy work ahead.<\/p>\n<p>My other project is to clean some of the stuff out of my workspace.  Get rid of the books I don&#8217;t need anymore, clean out some of the supplies I&#8217;ll never use again.  I am filling up a bag of stuff for Eleanor to bring back to school for her puppetry class.  Another bag of fabric scraps will go to a local elementary school.  I&#8217;m thinking of having a &#8220;yard sale&#8221; link on here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need to do some work to figure out how to dye the fur plates I bought for doll hair. I have enough &#8211; they come 2 feet x 4 ft-so I can experiment. I have cut up a bunch &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/01\/whats-next-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}