butterflywing

look up washing soda or sodium carbonate in wickepedia. i think my mom used washing soda but what proportion?

Moonpi

You can get soda ash at Dharma Trading, and add water to it to set dyes and keep colors bright.

http://www.dharmatrading.com/

They have all sorts of fun products for dye and fabric painting.

butterflywing

if i order dyes and fixes from dharma, which i have just looked into
(thanks) will it come with very specific instructions on the amount needed, etc. i have never dyed my own before but live in a snowy (sometimes) area, and this looks easy.

GayleMcKay

I am the one who did the snow dyed fabric and posted it on my blog.

Here are some answers to your questions:

I buy all of my dye, soda ash, synthrapol and other supplies from Dharma.

Make sure you read all of their instructions before you ever order anything. I use the directions for tub dyeing fabric, which can be found here:

http://www.dharmatrading.com/tub_dye/

You can easily do yardage this way. The pieces I dyed were approx 24"x108". I used plastic storage containers. You can do smaller pieces of fabric in margarine tubs or some other plastic container.

If you dont have snow, try crushed ice. I dont have an ice maker, or I would have already tried that method.

Feel free to ask more questions if something isnt clear. I am not an expert at dyeing fabric, just enjoy playing.

Gayle

ladybowhunter

so I missed this what is snow dying? How is it done, thanks

butterflywing

go back to the beginning of this thread and see the tutorial.






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