Archive for tub dyeing

Breezy Ombré Tank Top

I discovered last year that I really liked cotton lawn fabric for summer – it’s so lightweight and breathable.  The only problem is that it’s hard to find inexpensively.  Enter Dharma Trading Company and their nice selection of unprinted fabrics.   Plain white cotton lawn can be had for a fraction of the cost of the [...]

(Mis)adventures in tub-dying

I’ve had this post planned for oh, two or three weeks.  I was going to show you this luscious bamboo fabric, the two fabulous shirts I sewed from it, and the magical transformation that came over them when I stirred them around in a few buckets of dye. There were a few glitches along the [...]

Unique batik

Sarah forwarded a link to me this morning for a Martha Stewart “Easy Batik” project. I’ve always really loved the look of batik, but have never considered trying it myself – entirely too complicated. But Martha’s project looked very very simple. The only thing I found wrong with it was the fact that it didn’t [...]

Wardrobe renaissance

Have I mentioned how much I love tub dying? I think I might have, here. Or maybe here. At any rate, if you haven’t heard it before, “I love tub dying.” I love that I can take clothes that may normally have been destined for the giveaway pile, and instead transform them into something I [...]