It all began with a skirt.
It’s not a bad skirt, but there are a couple of things I want to change about it. For starters, I don’t like the black & whiteness of it. By now, most of you know I’m pretty miserly with my dye. That tunic from Day 198 wasn’t alone in its bath of Mystery Dye!
So…now that color is looking awesome, but there’s a second problem!
Not a prob! I quickly stitched a dart in the back of the skirt, which took it all in nicely!
Now that skirt is looking fab & fetching for a day at work. See? I’m sticking to my resolution to not dress like a slob in the workplace! No jeans or flip flops for this gal!
I wore my fun new frock for a lunch date with a friend at M Vista, my faaaavorite restaurant here in Columbia!
The bad cell phone photo doesn’t do it justice, folks.
Oh dear…now I’m hungry again! 🙂
Cheers!
Have you ever tried using natural dyes? For Halloween, I made the liner for my cape out of some left over silk which I hand dyed. Using a tablespoon of alum, some vinegar, a big pot of water and a bundle of Pearly Everlasting (a local weed) I turned the white silk to a beautiful gold colour. It’s worth looking into in the summer months – plus it’s really fun collecting all the plants for your dye baths 🙂 The only catch is the dye won’t necessarily hold in some synthetic fibers. It will work best with natural materials like cotton, wool and silk.
Here’s a site that gives a great list of the different colours that can be achieved using specific plants.
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/crafts/crafts-basics/naturaldyes.html
I have the same skirt and never thought about how amazing it would be to dye it. I won’t do the same color, but thank you for having awesome ideas!
The colour looks great. And so does lunch 🙂
This has gotta be one of my favorites refashions of yours ever! xo
I love how the dye changes plain things to awesome! Do you dye your refashions in the washing machine?
Thanks! Isn’t dye awesome! I usually use my washing machine, as I can just set it and walk away. I’ve done a few stovetop dyeing projects though…and jar dyeing is super-easy! 🙂
Clever! Keep on refashioning.