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Posted by Susan Laity Price on September 29, 2006, 9:24 am
I have also overdyed "yuck" fabrics and usually like them better.
Since I don't dye fabric too often I will sometimes just throw a yuck
fabric in the washer with tan Rit dye to quiet it done. The $1.00
sales table at Hobby Lobby is a good source for YUCK fabrics that a
little tan Rit will cure. Occassionally the Rit tan turns things a
little oranger than I like but since I wasn't going to use the fabric
anyway it doesn't matter. Some people gamble with money. I gamble with
fabric and tan Rit dye.
Susan
>Other uses for Yucky fabrics -
>
>a lot of the yucks will also overdye to make some
>interesting fabrics. I often have a pile of yuck standing
>by to go in the left-over dyes. The darker the fabric, the
>darker the overdye. Worst case scenario - you finish up
>with a heap of really dark fabrics that can be crazy pieced
>for backgrounds or backings, or appliqued over in bright
>colours. If they're dark enough, use them as the "black" in
>some of the new iron on stained glass designs.
>
>if you mix all your left over dyes together you usually end
>up with a murky sort of mud colour. But this can be great
>for creating shades of taupe to use in one of those gorgeous
>monochromatic quilts. By overdyine fabrics the one lot of
>"murky mud leftovers" can create a lot of different shades
>and tones.
>
>if the design lines on them are suitable, put them on the
>back and quilt from the back, using the print design to
>provide the quilt lines. Big bold 70s florals are great for
>this. You finish up with a big floral quilting pattern on
>the front and - NO MARKING! It's not an applique use, but
>it is a use.
>
>in desperation - use as layers in chenille or as "batting"
>in tile blocks
>
>
>
>I don't think I ever met a (cotton) fabric that was so yucky
>that it couldn't be used for something!
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