I tried to over dye a piece of cotton dress fabric with not very good results, but Linda had sent me a receipe for Scrunched Layer Dyeing so as everything was out I gave it a go! Results below but.....
in all the excitement I forget the cardinal rule of NOT to mix opposite colours together!!!!.
The results where a bit muddy and not very strong colours so Sunday back they went into two other colour dyes and I am much happier with the results.
The above fabrics were only in the dye bath for two hours which was not long enough. With further reading, someone recommended the minimum time for a dye bath is four hours so the second round was in for five hours and a much stronger result. Big learning curve for the weekend!
The dyes are all out now so will have some more fun soon!
2 comments:
They look good Annie, much better after the overdye.
I've mixed red & green in the scrunch method sucessfully, It works because if you add fabric + 1 colour dye then repeat the process with more fabric & dye -
the colours are only in certain areas. So you should get some areas of red, some of green and some of various browns.
Sometimes you need to vary the amount of liquid too as some fabrics take up less area. If there's too much liquid, the dyes will mix together more.
It's all a learning process!
they look good annie and such nice colors too
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