As I mentioned in my previous post, I planned an over-dye session, so I wasn't really concerned when three turned out kind of boring.
This becomes much more interesting after a second trip through.
The patterning is so much better after the over-dyeing.
These were half yard cuts of my usual mercerized cotton fabric. I mixed up a half cup of dye for each with about a teaspoon or less of dye powder. I soaked the fabric in soda and wrung it dry in my washer before I wrapped the poles. The fabric was still slightly damp when I added the dye -- I've found that this works better with damp rather than dry fabric -- the dye seems to spread more easily.
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I would have gotten much different results had I dipped the pipes or used stronger dye solutions -- something to try on a different day. And another trip through the land of wrapping and dyeing for these guys is not out of the question.
Great results
ReplyDeleteYou are right in that the over-dyed ones are much more interesting.
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