I also had a lemon coloured linen shift dress which wasn't really my colour, so I thought I could dye them together using blue dye and hopefully end up with a purple coat and a green dress.
I bought a Dylon machine dye and threw in a pink t-shirt which was way too bright for me and a white t-shirt of my son's which had a mud stain on the back which I have never been able to get out.
Here is the before
and after
I'm really pleased with how they've turned out. The lining of the coat didn't take the dye so I've still got a pink lining and also pink buttonholes. The buttons are still white so I'm thinking of changing them for purple or pink, I haven't decided yet.
The dress turned out blue not green, probably because it was such a pale yellow. It's got embroidery along the bottom which also hasn't taken the dye, but now the yellow flowers stand out against the blue.
The pink t-shirt turned out dark purple with blue edging, and the stain on my son's now blue t-shirt can't be seen, so all in all it was a success.
3 comments:
These are great results!
Love the dress...And the coat!
Sandy in the UK
Beautiful! Dyeing is such fun, isn't it.
Kathy
I've just started dyeing again after spending the last 20+ years taking care of my kids - started with a Halloween costume for a friend and now I've really got the bug! Your items came out really, really well - I especially like the contrast of the lining & buttonholes on the jacket, and the pop of the embroidery on the shift dress - it's almost like unwrapping a present, you never quite know exactly what you'll get but that's part of the excitement!
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