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Posted by Jenn Ridley on November 5, 2005, 5:41 pm
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>Does anyone have a TECHNIQUE to do over-dye?.
Karen C's method wasn't enough? I quote:
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>Go to your local Michaels and ask after Pebeo Transparent fabric dyes.
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>You can mix a dab with water and get a pale color, or a dollop and get a
>deeper color.
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>The last batch I did, I needed vivid orange and black-black, and simply
>took the undiluted dye on my fingers and massaged it into the thread.
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>Once you're happy with the colors, heat your oven to 350. Turn the oven
>OFF, and only then put your thread (or fabric) into the oven for 15
>minutes to set the color.
Quite frankly, that's pretty much the method I use too (although I use
thickened Procion MX dyes and rinse before baking because that's what
I have in the house). Wear gloves.
Personally, I just buy the overdyed threads unless I need a custom
color scheme. By the time I get the dyes and the other chemicals and
spend the time to do it, I've already spent more money than I would
have buying the overdyed thread in the first place, and I've used up a
lot of my stitching time.
Sometimes I use solid DMC instead of the overdye. Sometimes I use DMC
varigated, or the newish Anchor multicolors. Sometimes I use a
different overdye.
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Jenn Ridley : jridley@chartermi.net
WIP: Morning Glory, TicTacToe Sampler, Snow(BentCreek)
Most recently Finished: FrankenFauna, Water Lilies, Be Mine
In abeyance: Noshi Ribbons, Emperor's Coat II
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> goes 1 dollar plus.
> This pattern is huge and it will take several skeins of these stuff.
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> If you know how to over-dyed, please let me know.