Dip Dyed Scarf…in Reverse!

October 4, 2012 12 Comments



In last month’s Martha Stewart magazine, I stumbled across an idea that I absolutely loved called Dip Dye, which can be found HERE.

Image via Martha Stewart

 It was a way to use RIT Dye to create stripes in long pieces of fabric. 




Hello awesomeness, why hadn’t I thought of this before?  You all know my love for stripes after all.  Or better yet, why hadn’t my good friends over at iCandy Handmade figured this out? Lol



I needed to get on this…stat.



But of course you know me, never one to follow the mold.  I ended up doing something slightly different.



After purchasing a gorgeous length of fabric in a dark linen / cotton blend, I did the exact opposite of what Martha Stewart suggested. 



Instead of dying the fabric, I used RIT Dye Color Remover and actually removed the pigment color from my fabric in the DIP Dye fashion to achieve my striped effect. 



On a side note, I had never used that particular product by RIT before…let me just say, it was stinky!!  Reminded me of Nair. But it worked AWESOME.



It removed the darker linen pigment color almost immediately, and I didn’t have to worry about bleeding at all. I chose to make my scarf with a very large stripe, rather than the smaller striped versions as seen on Martha. And let me just say…

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I love it.  On another note…


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Thanks so much for stopping by, and until next time…



Happy Sewing!


Filed Under: dip dye, martha stewart, scarf

Comments

  1. kate says:
    October 4, 2012 at 11:48 am

    Pretty!!

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  2. Straight Grain says:
    October 4, 2012 at 11:50 am

    That’s a gorgeous scarf! I love the raw edges of the stripes, and how the ‘color’ of the decolored part turned out.

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  3. Buzzmills says:
    October 4, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Love this!!! it’s perfect!

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  4. eat. sleep. MAKE. says:
    October 4, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    It looks fantastic. I’ve always wondered how well that color remover works!
    -Jen

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  5. Simple Simon & Co says:
    October 4, 2012 at 2:31 pm

    SO, so cute!!!! And I always look at the color remover and wonder about it—now I know!

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  6. Tricia says:
    October 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm

    Love it.

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  7. Emily says:
    October 4, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Super cool and you look fabulous!

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  8. Beverly {Flamingo Toes} says:
    October 4, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    LOVE this!! I’ve never used Color remover but now I”m dying to try!

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  9. {jen} iCandyhandmade says:
    October 4, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    Turned out so cute! (P.S. I am over dye. It is annoying. And after making two scarves last week…I am over making those too. Will buy from now on.) :)

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  10. Mermaid Sews says:
    October 4, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    This is awesome!!

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  11. DKB says:
    October 5, 2012 at 3:21 am

    Scarf looks great

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  12. Randi~Dukes and Duchesses says:
    October 7, 2012 at 12:21 pm

    That dip dye scarf is on my to-do list … I love the reverse! I didn’t know that product existed.

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