~Melissa J. Will, (Ontario, Canada)
Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions For Beautiful Fabrics For Those Who Wish To Be Both Frugal and Gentle On The Earth
by Melissa J. Will
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(87 pages, colour photos, PDF format, uses Acrobat Reader, can be printed out)
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Contents
1 Introduction
2 Overview and Supplies
- How To Use This Book
- About Procion MX dyes
- Basic Steps
- Some Factors Affecting The Outcome Of Fabric Dyeing
- Health and Safety
- Supplies
- Supply list
3 Detailed Steps
- 1. Fabric Preparation
- a. Scour fabric in washing machine
- b. Dry the fabric
- c. Cut or tear fabric pieces
- Fat Eighths And Fat Quarter Definitions
- d. Code the fabric pieces
- 2. Soda Ash Pre-Soak
- 3. Work Area Set-Up
- 4. Prepare The Dye Concentrates
- Test your water temperature
- Measure the dye powders
- Store the dye powders
- How to store leftover dye concentrates
- Using dye concentrates that have been stored in the fridge
- 5. Mix The Dye Solutions
- 6. Combine The Fabric With The Dye Solutions
- How to make mottled fabrics
- How to make solid colour fabrics
- 7. Cure The Fabrics
- Can't I cure fabric in the microwave oven?
- 8. Clean-Up
- 9. Rinse The Excess Dye Out Of The Fabric
- Rinsing large volumes of fabric
- Washfast test
- 10. Wash, Dry The Rinsed Fabrics
- 11. Iron fabric and Cut Out Swatches
- 12. Show Off Your Beautiful Fabrics
- Hindsight: One big regret I have
- What if your fabrics didn't turn out like mine?
4 How To Read The Recipes
- Recipe names and swatches
- Two recipes on each page
- Dye concentrate amounts
- Dye solution amounts
5 Recipe Details
- Rainbows
- Walk-Through Dyeing Rainbow #1
- Two-Colour Blends
- Neutrals
- Three-Colour Blends
- Colour Gradations
- Deluxe Combinations
- Skin Tones
6 How To Create Your Own Recipes
- 1. Print out a blank recipe template
- 2. Decide how much fabric you want to dye
- 3. Decide colours, colour values, and combinations
- Amount of dye powder to use
- 4. Proportions of dye powders
- 5. Colour choices
- 6. Determine dye concentrate amounts
- 7. Dye solution amounts
- 8. Textures: Mottles or Solids
7 Other Techniques
- Sky painting with shaving foam and fabric dyes
- Easy batiks fabrics with gel glue and fabric dyes
8 Reference
- About Colours: Primary, Complementary, Secondary, Neutrals, Values
- Colour Mixing Chart
- Equivalent Measures
- Adapting The Recipes For Different-Sized Fabric Pieces
9 Recipes
- A. Rainbow #1: Any Red, Blue, And Yellow (12 Pieces)
- B. Rainbow #2: Fuchsia, Navy Blue, And Golden Yellow (12 Pieces)
- C. Rainbow #3: Scarlet Red, Royal Blue, And Bright Yellow (12 Pieces)
- D. Rainbow #4: A Light Version Of Rainbow #3 (12 Pieces)
- E. Two-Colour Blend #1: Fuchsia And Royal Blue (8 Pieces)
- F. Two-Colour Blend #2: Fuchsia And Royal Blue Light (8 Pieces)
- G. Two-Colour Blend #3: Royal Blue And Chino (6 Pieces)
- H. Two-Colour Blend #4: Fuchsia And Turquoise (6 Pieces)
- I. Two-Colour Blend #5: Pink And Yellow (8 Pieces)
- J. Neutrals #1: Browns (8 Pieces)
- K. Neutrals #2: Forest Floor (8 Pieces)
- L. Neutrals #3: Forest Floor Light (8 Pieces)
- M. Three-Colour Blends #1: Pinks And Purples (12 Pieces)
- N. Three-Colour Blends #1: Burgundy, Navy Blue And Chino (12 Pieces)
- O. Gradations #1: Gray (4 Pieces)
- P. Deluxe Blends #1: Apple Green And Coral (6 Pieces)
- Q. Deluxe Rainbow #1: Violet Purple, Teal, And Salmon Pink (12 Pieces)
- Blank Recipe Template
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