Whoops! I spilled tea on my cotton bed sheet, it won't come out, guess I'll have to go buy another one.....Or Not!
Tie Dye it instead!
My first go around with ice dyeing, at least the traditional way for cotton fabric, so it was a bit of a learning curve here.
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The tie up, I went for gathering it up from the center and then a bit of twist before adding the elastic bands. I had soaked this in soda ash and hung it out to dry before tying up.
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I've seen tie dyer's put a kind of tinfoil wrap around their work before putting ice on it but wasn't sure at first why they do that.
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Since I don't have a sink to spare I opted to put my peice on a roasting rack over a roasting pan then put it in the bath tub, next time I'll just do without one of my sinks since it was way messier
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The colors picked, teal, raspberry, deep purple, medium blue, midnight blue and navy
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I ended up using 2 full bags of ice to get it all covered
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And this is why you use a little tinfoil band around your piece, that's a lot of ice
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All covered in dye, wish i had taken a picture half way through, the dye melts right through the ice pretty quick and then the ice is clear on top to keep it wet overnight
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The sight that greeted me this morning
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Left over run off in the pan from melted ice. This was resting on an old plastic tarp in the bathtub, but it still was quite a mess to dump out. But on the bright side my bathtub got a very thorough clean this morning lol!
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And the result!
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Hindsight;
1. Do this over a sink, having the ice melt directly into a drain seems like way easier clean up. Or a more sturdy container that can be carried over to a drain to pour out.
2. Make a sturdier tinfoil band around the piece
3. Don't skimp on the dye, I sprinkled it over with my finger tips, wearing gloves, but I probably could have used more. And I was a little hesitant in using my navy since its so dark, but I would have like a more saturated look over all.
4. Get a book or take a class on tie dye cause it's way more complex than it looks!
Still I'm happy with my newly dyed and totally not stained sheet!
