For our wedding I attempted to dye some dyeable ballet flats blue- HUGE MISTAKE. At the time I didn't know it, but I should have read a garment dying tutorial. I boiled some water, added the dye, and a little bit of vinegar. WRONG! There are so many other steps, I was so silly.
Remember these? The eco-skin dress and rosette dress I purchased on eBay?
If you haven't already noticed... they are white. If you didn't already know.. I am not good with white.
If I manage not to drop something on a white article of clothing, "pit stains" occur (I laughed writing that. I hate the phrase "pit stain." Ha! I giggled again out of embarrassment. I am now cracking up. Alone. At my desk)... So yeah, Maureen and white are like oil and water.
Luckily, I found a really great site to order dye from. It's actually the same site I ordered my silk shoe dye from, but I neglected to read the tutorials. I thought to myself, "I got this!" But I didn't.
What you need to do before you purchase the materials:
- Find out what sort of material you're working with. Polyester and polyester blends are incredibly difficult to dye because they are essentially plastic. I've read where people use irons to "melt" the dye into the fabric- I don't have the balls to try this method.
For the dresses I will be dying: the eco-skin dress is 66% Bamboo, 28% Tencel, 6% Spandex while the rosette dress is a silk blend.
The website has several different dyes and I was bit confused as which to choose for the eco-skin dress. I emailed Elizabeth at Dharma Trading and this was the response she sent
" Hi Maureen,
We have several dyes that work on natural cellulose fibers such as cotton, hemp, linen and manufactured rayon, also called
Viscose,Modal, Tencel or Lyocell. Our best dye are the professional quality Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes. These dyes are very bright,
deep, wast fast, come in over 100 colors and can be used in a variety of ways. If you are going to be dying something that you want to
last these are the dye you want. Here are a few links to help you get started:
Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html
Fiber Reactive Dye Instructions: http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html#instructions.
Hope that helps"
After reading Elizabeth's email I started looking into fiber reactive procion dyes which will work for both dresses. The problem with the fiber reactive dyes on this website is there are 50 million colors to choose from. Maybe I'm embellishing, but there are a lot of colors and I'm having a hard time choosing.
The colors I am considering are listed on the top of the page under the poll. Most of the colors are on the chart below:
Or view them better here. Please vote or make suggestions in the comment portion of this post- I am terrible at choosing and with this many choices could use a little help!
Luckily, I found a really great site to order dye from. It's actually the same site I ordered my silk shoe dye from, but I neglected to read the tutorials. I thought to myself, "I got this!" But I didn't.
What you need to do before you purchase the materials:
- Find out what sort of material you're working with. Polyester and polyester blends are incredibly difficult to dye because they are essentially plastic. I've read where people use irons to "melt" the dye into the fabric- I don't have the balls to try this method.
For the dresses I will be dying: the eco-skin dress is 66% Bamboo, 28% Tencel, 6% Spandex while the rosette dress is a silk blend.
The website has several different dyes and I was bit confused as which to choose for the eco-skin dress. I emailed Elizabeth at Dharma Trading and this was the response she sent
" Hi Maureen,
We have several dyes that work on natural cellulose fibers such as cotton, hemp, linen and manufactured rayon, also called
Viscose,Modal, Tencel or Lyocell. Our best dye are the professional quality Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes. These dyes are very bright,
deep, wast fast, come in over 100 colors and can be used in a variety of ways. If you are going to be dying something that you want to
last these are the dye you want. Here are a few links to help you get started:
Fiber Reactive Procion Dyes:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html
Fiber Reactive Dye Instructions: http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html#instructions.
Hope that helps"
After reading Elizabeth's email I started looking into fiber reactive procion dyes which will work for both dresses. The problem with the fiber reactive dyes on this website is there are 50 million colors to choose from. Maybe I'm embellishing, but there are a lot of colors and I'm having a hard time choosing.
The colors I am considering are listed on the top of the page under the poll. Most of the colors are on the chart below:
Or view them better here. Please vote or make suggestions in the comment portion of this post- I am terrible at choosing and with this many choices could use a little help!
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