/dye-printing-on-fabric/ A Style Blog For Grown-up Girls Who Make Their Own Clothes: We are Velvet Swans Sat, 11 Mar 2017 21:19:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1680 Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:29:54 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1680 : )

]]> /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1663 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:07:29 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1663 Thanks for the tips Brenda! I will go back and try this.

]]> /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1639 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:35:37 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1639 If you want to go back to the fiber reactive dye experiments, there are ways to help the fabric hold the dye. First, soak cotton in a mixture of 1/4 cup soda ash (or Arm and Hammer soda wash) in a gallon of water. Let the fabric dry. (Don’t do this with silk because the alkaline is too harsh and silk generally is easier to dye.) Then apply the dye. Next, wrap the fabric in plastic and let they dye it sit on the fabric for a few hours up to overnight. The goal is to keep the dye damp (hence the plastic wrapping). Then you wash and rise the fabric. Good luck!

]]> /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1598 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 07:46:26 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1598 Very interesting, I love the look of hand dyed or block printed fabric where it’s not all exact and identical

]]> /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1592 Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:27:26 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1592 I am enjoying these blog posts of your summer dying adventures!

]]> /dye-printing-on-fabric/#comment-1588 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:22:59 +0000 /?p=2234#comment-1588 Keep experimenting. I set up the indigo vat in y year. I may try the eye dropper test with it. Naked swimming is the best!

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