Jessica A. Eiss |
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Hi Jess, I just made one backdrop myself today. If you search the internet, there is a wealth of info on it about this subject, including an article here on this website. I don't know how to do three colors, but with two, you start with the lightest color first. Buy some muslin, and wash it, don't dry it. spread it out on your floor, and start bunching it up starting with the center first, and just keep scrunching it together. You'll need some twine to tie it all together, into a mass. Keep it fairly tight. While you are doing this, have an old bucket or plastic tub, depending on the amt of muslin you are dying on stand by. ( today I only did a two yard peice of 108".) Start heating water on the stove until very hot, but boiling is not necessary. Add enough HOT water to the bucket to cover your ball of fabric, add a cup of table salt and your bottle of RIT dye, and stir. Add your fabric, and submerge until your fabric is the color you want. I did a denim color today, and it only took about 20 minutes. Then I took a piece of plastic outside and put the ball of fabric on it, (using latex gloves!), and diluted the dye with my hose. Open it all up, and you'll have a tie dye effect. Keep diluting till clear, THEN I put it in my washer to finish taking the rest of the dye out of it. Some instructions say you can do the whole thing in your washer, but mine is new, so was not doing all of it in the washer! I love the effect! Remember, for a lot of variation of color....tight scrunches, DON'T stir the fabric in the bucket, for even coverage, don't tie it up, and do stir, for a solid background. If you are doing a second color, redo the whole thing all over agian, to get a diff pattern. I used natural muslin, with denim dye, and it looks just like a denim tie dye, it's very cool. Tomorrow is a wine color :) HOpe this helps. I was VERY pleased with the outcome for the first try! Don't be afraid. Also Joann's has fabric sales, and I got mine for half off, and you can check theirs, and other craft/fabric sites online too. Jess
September 09, 2006
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