when I get bored or dissatisfied with a particular item but it's still in perfectly good nick or I still kinda like it because of a good shape/style or I put a dangload of effort into finishing it off particularly well or whatever; I will not toss it out. Instead I 'avvago at re-vamping it somehow.
And this often includes dragging out ye olde dyepot and potions, aka dyes, eeeeeeeEEE heheheheheheheeeeee!! That was an evil witch's cackle there, just in case my written word did not adequately translate to the spoken word, ahem.
So, revamp-eroonie; DONE.
I used iDye in Brown and a tiny touch of the True Red, and got this rather wonderful deep caramel colour, in the top picture. Hehe, it's funny; because actually I was aiming for mustard! important moral of the story; you should never ever never dye something that you are so much in love with that you couldn't bear an unexpected outcome. Potential dyers, engrave that on your dye pots as it is one of the Commandments of Dyeing.
Anyway, I could not be happier with this super yummy, albeit unexpected, colour.
Unsurprisingly, the poly satin I used for the lining and bias binding did not take up the dye one tiny little bit.
woa, crack out the sunnies!
Anyway, it got treated to iDye in True Red.
Now; compare the new colour of the previously same coloured cotton bias binding ... that strong red was what I was aiming for, although I like this warm tangerine colour just fine. I'm just going to enjoy it as this colour for a while; and if I still want the deep true red colour I'll pick up some red dye suitable for synthetics and give another whirl. See how we go.
So, that's it!
In my current sewing news; I'm still struggling away with embroidering my felted wool, for my 1 year 1 outfit ensemble. Every now and again I have to lay it aside and do something else. It's wearing me down a bit but I am certain I am going to love the finished piece and am quite excited to see it all come together. Ever onward and upwards!
my tutorial on basic dyeing here