DIY fabric dye

People get intimidated by DIY fabric dye, but really, with just a few supplies, some DIY fabric dye tutorials, and a willingness to experiment, you can create beautiful dyed fabrics all by yourself.  Learn how to ice dye, shibori dye, and learn about how to overdye fabrics.

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How to Ice Dye Fabric: easy beautiful DIY fabric just takes ice

It’s summer so why not try your hand at ice dyeing fabric? Ice dyeing is one of the more dramatic and easiest ways to dye fabric. After all, there’s no hot dye! Ice dyeing is like watercolor on fabric where you don’t hold the brush! In this post, I’ll tell you about the best fabrics …

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Spice dyed coloring book bag: Adventures in natural dyes

What experience do you have with natural dyes? This bag was published in the Autumn 2017 edition of Altered Couture magazine.* Altered Couture has a couple of challenges running this year that have caught my eye.  One of the challenges is to use natural dyes from foodstuffs to create a project.  Being a cook, I …

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