Dye Fabric

This being my second time dying, I think this round went MUCH better! Of course I needed to dye some onezies to sell on my Etsy shop. Here we go!

What You Need

Big bowl- find one that you can dedicate to dying

Big Spoon

Your Favorite Dye color- I used Rit's liquid version (Dry is cheaper but it can be harder to work with)

Items You want to dye

latex gloves

I'm a big Eye-baller. I eye-ball almost everything. But as I found out with my last attempt at dying, you can't really do that here. You need something to help you measure. I had this awesome measuring pitcher that I stole from a roommate in college years ago and it worked GREAT!
Mix the correct amounts of hot water and dye in bowl (see directions on bottle). Your supposed to pre-wash your fabric so I just hand washed them in my kitchen sink and then stick the wet fabric in the dye mix. Stir constantly for 30-60 min.
Rinse fabric until the water is clear. Wash fabric with detergent in washer machine. Then dry.

Ta da!

Dying Fabric

I've been wanting to dye fabric for a long time but was actually inspired by a fellow blogger and friend of my sister's- Dana. You may know her very popular blog MADE. She is my blogging hero! I want to be like her when I grow up =) anyways... while I was visiting my sister right before Thanksgiving she was showing me the AWESOME GIFTS Dana sent her. I was admiring Dana's work and wondering where she found the cool colored onezies she make for Jack when a couple of days later she posted about the gift and answered all my questions! haha!

That inspired me to finally start playing with dyes! Heres my experience:

What You Need

Dye

fabric/elastic

Bowl

gloves

Follow the directions on the bottle about quantities of water/dye- I did not =( so my stuff turned a dark gray instead of black- its ok I still like it ;)

Place your fabric/elastic in the warm dye bath and stir for about 30 min.

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Rinse until the water is not colored anymore. Wash once in the machine, then dry.

I will defiantly use more dye next time (especially on the fabric) but I'm still happy with how they came out! Thanks for the inspiration Dana!