To dye fabric or not to dye fabric
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I died some black an white fabric because I neened it to be black an yellow and it came out great. I used ritz dye. I couldn't find it in the color I needed.
#5
A lot of good information here on dyeing fabrics :D:D:D
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/instructions.shtml
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/instructions.shtml
#6
i dye fabric every week, some times a few times a week.
a few people have sent me PMs on the topic and this is a copy of the message i send to them........
i buy my PFD from joanne's online when they have 50% coupons.
i buy the Kona Cotton 58/60 inch wide, i prefer the quality and hand of it over the 44 inch wide plus i can use it for hand dyed backing fabric.
here's a link
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd29525
then i buy my dye from dharma trading, i keep 11 colors in stock all the time and from those 11 colors i can mix any color under the sun that i want.
the colors are
lemon yellow, turquoise, fuchsia red, golden yellow, cobalt, chinese red, kelly green, deep orange, grape, black, and new black.
here's a link to the dye i use
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/en...lnav=dyes.html
then the best book to buy for knowing the formulas for 900+ colors is the fabric dyer's dictionary. it gives you a color swatch and the recipe to make that color
here's a link to the book
http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Dyers-D...6209893&sr=8-1
a few people have sent me PMs on the topic and this is a copy of the message i send to them........
i buy my PFD from joanne's online when they have 50% coupons.
i buy the Kona Cotton 58/60 inch wide, i prefer the quality and hand of it over the 44 inch wide plus i can use it for hand dyed backing fabric.
here's a link
http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...RODID=prd29525
then i buy my dye from dharma trading, i keep 11 colors in stock all the time and from those 11 colors i can mix any color under the sun that i want.
the colors are
lemon yellow, turquoise, fuchsia red, golden yellow, cobalt, chinese red, kelly green, deep orange, grape, black, and new black.
here's a link to the dye i use
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/en...lnav=dyes.html
then the best book to buy for knowing the formulas for 900+ colors is the fabric dyer's dictionary. it gives you a color swatch and the recipe to make that color
here's a link to the book
http://www.amazon.com/Fabric-Dyers-D...6209893&sr=8-1
#9
here's 24 FQs i made yesterday for a basket quilt i'll be making with 30s and feedsack fabric.
these will be the scrappy blender fabrics.
all i used was the fabric from joann's, the dye from dharma, and the recipe book.
these will be the scrappy blender fabrics.
all i used was the fabric from joann's, the dye from dharma, and the recipe book.
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