Fun with dye! Peacock feathers and button down shirt refashions

I decided to try some new RIT dye experiments.... You never know what you are going to get and I love that!

1. First was a plain white button down shirt. It was boring and I hated the shiny ribbon on the shirt. The story goes- I tried lemon yellow by RIT dye but it came out way too yellow for me to wear in any way shape or form. Then I had leftover blue dye from the project listed next that I threw the yellow shirt into. And what I got was crazy....

After the round of blue, I got a grey army green with blue ribbons!! Did not expect that since previous dyeing with yellow gave me yellow everything. Including the ribbon. 

But I totally like the new color combo!! I could not have planned this whatsoever.
For more of this refashion click here.

2. My second project with RIT dye was with my attempt to reverse dye with the Blue Elmer's Glue.

I figured out how to easily draw peacock feathers with the glue.

Let it dry and then cold water dye. I made a few mistakes, like not letting the shirt stay in the water long enough and then letting it dry overnight. It did not come out as dark as I had hoped. But I will still wear this shirt more than wearing it plain.

For more information on my project and the tutorial on how to draw easy peacock feathers click here.

Hope you enjoyed this! :) I love playing with RIT dye!

xoxoxo,
Lauren