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Posted by Tia Mary on August 22, 2007, 12:59 pm
Betty Vereen Hill wrote:
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>>Betty Vereen Hill wrote:
>>
>>>I have a denim dress with three bleached spots. Long story short, the
>>>dress was accidentally splashed with bleach. The spots are all one inch
>>>in diameter or less. Is there a way to dye such small areas of denim?
>>>I've looked at the Rit brand of dyes available at Wal-Mart, and the only
>>>color that comes close is a dark blue. I'm not sure this color would
>>>work on my dark denim dress, and I'm afraid the end result might be
>>>unsatisfactory. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Betty in Georgia
>>>
>>>
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>>Fabric that has bleach spots is usually weakened. Can you cover the spots
>>with appliqué to look like they really belong. Perhaps use multiple
>>appliqués scattered on the dress to make it look like that's the style of
>>the dress. If not appliqué how about an embroidered design.
>>Juno
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>
> Thanks for two excellent suggestions. I'll be off to the Big Box today to
> seek iron-on embellishments.
Another option, if you don't find iron-on stuff is to get out the
bleach and splatter some more on the garment in some sort of pattern or
just all over spots. I did this with a pair of jeans and they looked
fairly nice once all was said and done :-). Of course, DO NOT let the
bleach sit on the garment for very long -- you don't want to rot out
half of your garment!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
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