Monthly Archives: December 2014

Ice dye – lesson learned

100 % cotton is best and I thought I read the label… Well, I did read the label but obviously I missed the 50% polyester on the long sleeved T-shirt tag. It is pretty but the colors are not as vibrant as the 100% cotton items. Very muted.  I’m sure after it is washed and dried a few times it will really be boring.

I have two more of these 50/50 to play with and I will post pictures someday. Also I’m going to try not to use as much black going forward. It never looks like there’s enough dye so I add more. I need to hold off on the dark colors a little bit I think.

Next up are two 100% cotton kids shirts. I need to go see what I can find at ECHO! Soon I will dye my three table covers.

Ice dye experiment two

The first experiment went well so I thought I'd try it again. This time the targets are a long sleeve T-shirt and a pair of white Capri pants (from ECHO). The Capri pants were destined for the garbage but they may now become my favorite Capri pants. Who knows.

So with my first experiment the ice would fall off along the sides and I would attempt to put it back. It got messy and I got dye all over my fingers.

I thought about this for a while. I was trying to figure out a way to have a little wall around my garment to keep the ice from falling off. Well. I thought of this: Aluminum foil covered with saran wrap. I'm not sure the saran wrap is necessary but I wasn't sure if the dye would have a reaction to the foil.

So, there you have experiment number two. Finished product pictures will be posted tomorrow. This is a slow process.