This is NOT a sponsored post.  If the Rit people want to give me free dye, i'm happy to accept it!!

Color Transformation

This dress comes with a bit of backstory.  It's actually a double ReFashion.  Before this dress was a dress the skirt was a white bed sheet from Goodwill.  The bodice was a white duvet from Goodwill.  I used the sheet to make a circle skirt (tutorial here).  I sewed the circle skirt to a simple tube top that I made from an old white duvet.

Formula for Deep Pink

Before I made this dress I knew the color that I wanted it to be.  I wasn't entirely sure how I would create a deep dark pink, so I pretty much made up this process as I went along.  Turns out, 1 bottle of liquid fuchsia and 1/2 a box of scarlet did the trick!!

1/2 pack of scarlet powder + hot water

I combined 1/2 the package of scarlet dye powder with very hot tap water.  Once the powder was fully dissolved, I added the bottle of fuchsia.

Test Strips

I pinned several strips of the fabric used to make the dress together.  These strips would be dyed with the dress.  I set my washed to small load, hot wash and let if fill.  I added 1 cup of salt to the washer (this is supposed to help the dyeing process) then I added the dress.  Once the dress was thoroughly soaked, I (nervously) added the dye to the washer.

Adding Dye to the washer

Once the dye was added I let the washer run for about 5 minutes.  That allowed the dye to thoroughly mix with the water and soak the dress.  Once the dress was soaked with dye, I opened the washer to make it stop.

Dress and dye in washer

To make sure that the dress was evenly dyed, I fully submerged it in the water.  I used a long pole to gently press the dress under the water until the fabric was no longer visible at the surface of the water.

Dress Fully Submerged

I allowed the dress to soak in the dye for about 2 hours.  After 2 hours, I fished the test strips out of the washer, removed one of the pieces of fabric and returned the remaining 4 strips (pinned together) to the washer.