Make Your Own Fabric with Easy Resist Dyeing

re: Make Your Own Fabric with Easy Resist Dyeing

Loopi — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:13:44 GMT

Hi, couple questions from a newby dyer:

A. What is, "thickened" dye? ( direction #5 above ). Is this achieved by adding a product to the dye, or do you use less water when preparing dye ?? How thick should dye be?

B. Are dye and paint interchangeable?

thanks

re: Make Your Own Fabric with Easy Resist Dyeing

lkaha1 — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:59:30 GMT

In answer to your question about dyes, these recipes use MX fiber reactive dyes. They are non-toxic, easy-to-use dyes available at some art supply stores and online at Dharma Trading Company and ProChemical and Dye.

The final washout is in hot water.

Complete instructions are in the February/March 2011 issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. There are also a lot of online resources for working with MX dyes.

Good luck - I hope you try it out!

Lisa Kerpoe

re: Make Your Own Fabric with Easy Resist Dyeing

wolfweaver — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:41:39 GMT

Hello Pokey

Interesting article.

Got a couple of questions.

What kind of Dye did you use in this process?

And what temperature setting for the final wash?

Thanks

re: Make Your Own Fabric with Easy Resist Dyeing

mahaka — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:25:09 GMT

I use Palmolive liquid gel dishwasher with either stamps or paint brushes to remove color from fabric, readymade items, etc. Lay down plastic & cover with newspaper. Layout the fabric or garment on top. I put some Palmolive on a plastic plate and dip my stamp (large, not too detailed stamps) in it or my paint brush. And then apply to the item. Let it dry and then wash the dried detergent off. You can test varying times for drying to see what colours you get as the dye is removed in the process. You can leave it, as is or paint/dye over it.

Alice in Hicksville, NY