Operation Creamsicle - complete
I was going back and forth for a long time between what color to dye my crindoline. I knew I wanted a color pop and had fuchsia shoes. The more I thought about it trying to get the shoes to match the crinny would be tricky and well my Sept 2011 knotties all pretty much said go bold and go orange...so I did.
Here was some inspiration for my decision (both orange and fuchsia cindoline) below my inspiration you can see the pictures and instructions:
Here was some inspiration for my decision (both orange and fuchsia cindoline) below my inspiration you can see the pictures and instructions:
My tools of the trade were:
*A large plastic storage bin
*A large slotted spoon (I had a wood one for backup)
*A large pot to boil water in
*My crindoline
*1 package of Idye Poly - Orange
*1 package of Idye Dark Orange
*A willing friend (it so worked much better with two of us
*Gloves (optional)
*A large plastic storage bin
*A large slotted spoon (I had a wood one for backup)
*A large pot to boil water in
*My crindoline
*1 package of Idye Poly - Orange
*1 package of Idye Dark Orange
*A willing friend (it so worked much better with two of us
*Gloves (optional)
-Make sure the crindoline is clean
-Soak the crindoline in cold water
(I did this to avoid it being blotchy and I knew I wanted to fade my color up the crindoline instead of dying the whole thing)
-Heat water to boiling (instructions say to use the pot on the stove to maintain the heat but anything you use this dye in should not be something you use for cooking. Instead we added the dye to the hot water in a plastic container which needed to be large enough for fabric to be free flowing anyway and made our dye mix in the plastic tote.)
-We had the crindoline on a hanger and slowly turned and soaked into the dye. I also used the spoon for this and we continued to mix the dye solution.
-I'd advise to do this outside if at all possible. The dye stinks, and with the hot hot hot water it was steamy and miserable when we were starting in the kitchen (just making the dye mix) so we moved everything outside.
-Soak the crindoline in cold water
(I did this to avoid it being blotchy and I knew I wanted to fade my color up the crindoline instead of dying the whole thing)
-Heat water to boiling (instructions say to use the pot on the stove to maintain the heat but anything you use this dye in should not be something you use for cooking. Instead we added the dye to the hot water in a plastic container which needed to be large enough for fabric to be free flowing anyway and made our dye mix in the plastic tote.)
-We had the crindoline on a hanger and slowly turned and soaked into the dye. I also used the spoon for this and we continued to mix the dye solution.
-I'd advise to do this outside if at all possible. The dye stinks, and with the hot hot hot water it was steamy and miserable when we were starting in the kitchen (just making the dye mix) so we moved everything outside.
Minor moment of panic as we got into the process (sorry about the cell pic)
The dye bath ended up looking blood orange (muted) yet kinda brick red....and the fabric while hard to see here looked pinky salamon.
Best advice pull the crindoline out to look at it, the dye does lighten a bit once you rinse and wash it.
I soaked my crindoline for about an hour/hour and a half to get the color I wanted. The dye bath was still warm at this point.
Once you get the color you want rinse out the crindoline.
The dye bath ended up looking blood orange (muted) yet kinda brick red....and the fabric while hard to see here looked pinky salamon.
Best advice pull the crindoline out to look at it, the dye does lighten a bit once you rinse and wash it.
I soaked my crindoline for about an hour/hour and a half to get the color I wanted. The dye bath was still warm at this point.
Once you get the color you want rinse out the crindoline.
This is the end result after 1 rinse cycle (cold to help set the dye) and 1 wash cycle to ensure any residual dye was off.
Now I wait until my next fitting to see what this looks like with the dress, crindoline, and shoes all together. There is a chance I might redo this to fade it higher pending my fitting.
Now I wait until my next fitting to see what this looks like with the dress, crindoline, and shoes all together. There is a chance I might redo this to fade it higher pending my fitting.