I dyed a quilt today

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03-08-2011, 08:45 AM

#41

echobluff

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Originally Posted by MaryStoaks

This past week I made this quilt for my nephew, he wanted one like my mom used to make in the 60s. It just looked so bright that I couldn't send it to him, I didn't like it. This morning I dyed it with Tan Rit Dye in my washing machine. Now it is toned down and I like it better, I hope he does too.

How cool...Great job!!!

03-08-2011, 08:48 AM

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LeslieFrost

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Looks great!

03-08-2011, 08:50 AM

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MaryStoaks

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Originally Posted by deeknapp

How did you do that?

I filled the washing machine with hot water. then dumped in a bottle of Tan Rit Dye and two cups of salt and mixed it well to disolve the salt (big long spoon). Then put in the quilt and set the machine to wash on the longest setting (16 minutes on mine), I reset the wash setting twice so it stayed in the dye for 30 minutes. Then let the machine finish the rinse and I dried it on cotton in the dryer.

03-08-2011, 08:56 AM

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AnitaSt

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Great way to "age" a quilt. I saw a magazine article once where they used the tan Rit dye to age ticking fabric. Also they used bleach on some ticking to get a vintage look.

You were very brave to do this to a quilt! Glad to know that this works.