the thickener is used for direct dye application onto fabric - that way it's not a drippy mess all over the place.

mix the thickener well before hand, it looks gritty at first and then later it will look smooth. the thickener can last like a month.

also pick up a set of measuring spoon ranging from 1 TBS down to as small as 1/8 of a tsp, that would be great.

you can never let the utensil used for dyeing mix with the ones you use for food cooking.

here's some fabric i dyed today. its a little over 2 yards that i'm going to use for a quilt back.

the fabric is placed right next to the swatch color from the book.

i dyed it based on the middle swatch color and the recipe.

Definitely dye some fabric. You will love the outcome,just use the one gallon plastic bags,not much trouble,very easy to do.

Ow wow, great thread. So much information here! I keep flirting with dyeing, maybe soon. Thank you all for posting.

Are Procion dyes as washfast as commercial fabrics? I'm wondering whether I could use hand-dyed fabrics together with others in quilts that would get used and washed...

thanks for the p.burch site really good info

yes you can used hand dyed and commercial fabrics together and they will hold up to washing.

i treat all my hand dyed fabrics with retayne to prevent any bleeding of the dye.

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