I've been very interested in the art of ombre dyeing and wanted to try it out. I had this crochet lace that I thought would be perfect for my experiment, so I dove head first into attempting to ombre dye a finished skirt I had made. I used my dad's cooler, that will no longer be returned to him...
You can do a simple Google search for ombre dyeing and have several hits, but I found the Rit Dye tutorial to be the easiest to follow.
Things I would do differently:
1. I hung the skirt on a hanger and let it sit in the dye for the specified amounts of time, versus actually holding it for 10 minutes and swirling it around to give a smoother transition between each level of saturation.
2. Made sure the fabric was 100% natural...it wasn't too big of a deal, but the thread was synthetic, so it didn't take the dye....rookie mistake.
Ta da!!!...
You can do a simple Google search for ombre dyeing and have several hits, but I found the Rit Dye tutorial to be the easiest to follow.
Things I would do differently:
1. I hung the skirt on a hanger and let it sit in the dye for the specified amounts of time, versus actually holding it for 10 minutes and swirling it around to give a smoother transition between each level of saturation.
2. Made sure the fabric was 100% natural...it wasn't too big of a deal, but the thread was synthetic, so it didn't take the dye....rookie mistake.
Ta da!!!...
