Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Dylon Dyes

We have had so much rain and when
it's not raining it's very windy. Not
good days for me to dye fabric.

Today is a good day and I'm taking
advantage of it!


I dye fabric on my deck and use lots of
drop cloths. Messy ain't it? But it's also
so much fun.

Today I tried Dylon Dye. I have wanted to
try this dye ever since reading about it on
Trish's blog Hand Dyed Fabric & Threads.

Normally I used SetaColor paints as
a dye because I'm intimidated by powdered
dyes. But I found the Dylon dye very easy
to use.

So today I tried "Burnt Orange" and here's
the results:



See that white piece of fabric in there? The package
said NOT suitable - Pure polyester but did I listen?
This polyester had a silk finish so I just wanted
to test it. As you can tell it didn't take the dye.


Hanging out to dry.


#2 is unbleached muslin - it absorbed more
of the dye - it's much darker
#3 is cotton broadcloth - much lighter
#1 - After #2 &3 was sitting in the dye bath
for one hour - in what was left I put #1 into it.

I like how it came out in different shades.
With one package I used 3 one quarter yards
of fabric. I have another piece one-eighth
of a yard that I experimented
with and was disappointed with the results.

Here's what I did:

I sewed the ends to make it a shibori and then
I folded the fabric and poured the dye on top.
(This was the left over dye)


You can't see where I sewed but you can see
somewhat of where I folded.


In case you're not familiar with what I mean by
Shibori - here's one that I did last year.


You can see where I stitched the fabric and
then pulled on the thread to bunch it up.
This was done with the SetaColor paints.

I don't know why it didn't work with the
Dylon.
If the weather holds out; I'll try to dye
more fabric this week with the other
colors that I bought.


4 comments:

  1. Looks like you had fun. I recently tried dyeing synthetics as well with a similar result. they do say it will be paler so I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Do you mind if I link to your post?

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  2. I would love to play with dye but children plus dye doesn't sound like a good idea to me yet. Unless I want a chartreuse child. Thanks for posting about this though. Did any of the fabrics turn out tough feeling? or did they maintain their pre dyed feel?

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  3. The dyed fabric looks great. I love this batch because I like orange.

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  4. cool i like the shibori effect you madeon the fabric. do u have more tips on getting irregularly dyed fabrics?:D would be great to know thanks!

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