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| Snow Dyed Sleeveless Dress |
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| I started with a tub to catch the melting snow and inserted an upside down pan to keep the fabric from sitting in the dye mixture once the snow melted. |
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| I soaked the fabric in soda ash and water for 30 minutes. The fabric was wrung out and placed on the upside down pan. |
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| I went outside and scooped up fresh snow to cover the fabric. |
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| I placed about 3" of snow on the fabric to completely cover. |
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| Next I mixed up some dye! |
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| I admit this doesn't look like much more than a blob of yuck but have faith! |
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| I decided to shake a little dye powder over the top just to see what would happen. |
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| Now I wait... the snow was melted by evening but I waited a full 24 hours before rinsing and washing the fabric. I know from experience that if you try to rush the process the end result is muted with very light colors. |
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| Snow Dyed Tee Shirt Dress |
I will be getting into snow dyeing a little this winter, so I appreciate your comments. For all my dyeing I presoak my items in soda ash solution because I don't like to put the soda ash directly in my dyes... I can store them for a long time that way. And a friend of mine just applies the dye powder directly to the snow rather than pre-mix the dyes... wonder which would give better results?! I use mixed dyes when I freeze the item to be dyed, but I use powder when I ice cube dye, since the ice cubes take such a long time to melt. So many choices!
ReplyDeleteGreat point about not adding soda ash directly to the dye! The next storm I'll try applying the dye powder directly to the snow... excellent ideas!
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