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Other: Cloth dyeing
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Cloth dyeing

Blue marbled effect

Blue marbled effect
Green marbled
Orange marbled
Lavender
Red
Green pleated

Learn It

This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
The Art of Cloth Dyeing »

Difficulty:

Category: Other

Type of item: Home Decor

For: Home

Style: Casual


Materials

100% cotton

What was your inspiration?

Jane Dunnewold's Craftsy class.

What are you most proud of?

Being patient enough to wait for it to batch for 24 hours and some of the results are brilliant.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

I was not able to get the same dyes here in Ireland - I have to order them online which will take a little time. In the meantime I used Dylon dyes. I made up the water with salt and extra washing soda and then followed Jane's directions by adding a teaspoon of colour to each mix. I used jam jars as I have a lot of those. I then put lids on the jars and put them on top of my range where they stayed nice and warm overnight. This was great fun and I can't wait to get the Procion MX dyes to try. Thanks Jane!

 

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Reetzbobeetz on craftsy.com
Mar 09, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Actually it's 100% cotton! I bought a bold of cotton from Ikea to use for dyeing (my best option here as we don't have anywhere that does PFD fabric. Thanks for your kind comment.
Patg on craftsy.com
Mar 04, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
This is very striking and beautiful. I am wondering what kind of fabric it is? It looks like it might be silk.
Pamillia on craftsy.com
Feb 26, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Beautiful & well done. Don't forget to let us see your next batch. Thanks for sharing. :-)