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Rit Dye Failure |
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Water Color Technique |
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I started with a circle skirt |
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Gather the Dye |
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Dying the Top |
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Adding Purple |
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Layers of Color |
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Layering Color |
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Sponge to add dye |
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Adding layers of color |
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Layers of color |
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More color layers |
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Done layering |
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After the wash |
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Dye Puddles |
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Fabric Paint |
Because I wanted darker colors, I decided to buy fabric paint to fix the problem.
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Fabric Painted |
Crafting for me is about having fun and saving money. Between dye, paint, sponges and a white sheet from the thrift store I'd spent $30 and still didn't have anything I liked. That's when I came up with another idea.
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Alcohol + Paint |
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1 part paint and 1 part alcohol |
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1 layer of blue spray paint |
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Sprayed! |
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Sprayed! |
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Drying in the sun |
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Dyed and Spray Painted |
I turned the sponge painted fabric into pockets.
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Pockets |
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Dress Pockets |
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Attic dress |
This dress now sits on a dress form in the corner of the attic. I hope that one day soon I'll look at this dress and be excited about it. For now it's just a messy, expensive, splotchy dress sitting in a corner.
With tea party season approaching there's an excellent chance that I'll have a change of heart and she'll get her day in the sun.
You never know!
UPDATE:
In the end I decided to wear this dress and it was a huge hit!! Here are pix.
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