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Dream gown - dye process
Jun. 21st, 2005 04:13 pmSo, I stayed home sick yesterday but wound up being able to do something productive. The chiffon and dyes came in so I was able to get the fabric dyed. The only thing is, I think it came out more blue than I was hoping. It looks accurate to the printed photo I was working from, but I still wanted a touch more lavender to it. So, this evening (since my ribbon still isn't here from M&J), I'll go ahead and dip it in a really diluted lavender dye bath.
This time though, I'm doing it in the washing machine! Last night, I used a plastic tub in the bathtub, using the bathtub as a rinse tub. Made a little more of a mess and was a little more of a pain than I had hoped. Still, it was an easy clean up. Thank you ReDuRan hand cleaner or I'd have much more than blue cuticles and nails today!
As far as the dye job itself, I'm pretty happy with it. This was my first vat dyeing experience and it came out evenly with no splotches or streaks. It's fun too. I feel like I get something closer to what I want, color wise, the supplies are slightly cheaper in most cases than buying pre-dyed silks, I know exactly what the fiber content of my fabrics are, seems like it's just good all around. This probably doesn't mean I'm going to dye all my own fabrics every time I start a project. But it does mean it's a wide open door of possibilities now.
Pics of the dye process.
What I'm shooting for is something more along these lines, color wise.
This time though, I'm doing it in the washing machine! Last night, I used a plastic tub in the bathtub, using the bathtub as a rinse tub. Made a little more of a mess and was a little more of a pain than I had hoped. Still, it was an easy clean up. Thank you ReDuRan hand cleaner or I'd have much more than blue cuticles and nails today!
As far as the dye job itself, I'm pretty happy with it. This was my first vat dyeing experience and it came out evenly with no splotches or streaks. It's fun too. I feel like I get something closer to what I want, color wise, the supplies are slightly cheaper in most cases than buying pre-dyed silks, I know exactly what the fiber content of my fabrics are, seems like it's just good all around. This probably doesn't mean I'm going to dye all my own fabrics every time I start a project. But it does mean it's a wide open door of possibilities now.
Pics of the dye process.
What I'm shooting for is something more along these lines, color wise.
