Different Dyeing Techniques PDF

Fabric Artistry and Embroidery
Created by Sudeshna Paul

• Types of Fabric to Use
• Not all fabric can be easily dyed with natural materials. The
best ones to use are those made from natural materials
themselves. Cotton, silk, wool, and linen will take the dye the
best.
• Synthetic blends will take some dye, but will usually be lighter
in color. If you’re not sure and can risk the item you’re
planning to dye, go ahead and do it. If it’s something valuable,
try to find a similar scrap of fabric and try that first.
Dyeing the fabric with turmeric
Ingredients
Natural fabric like cotton, cheesecloth, silk. I used part of

a coarse natural cotton drop sheet I got at a secondhand
shop.
Around 3 tablespoons of turmeric powder (I am not the
measuring type, if you use more, the colour will be
deeper, less, it will be softer.)
About a cup of white vinegar. You can also use mordant. I
didn’t because I didn’t know what it was and I had
vinegar in my kitchen.
4 litres of water.
• Method
• Fold/roll/scrunch the fabric and wrap with rubber bands or
string to make patterns in it. If you like straight lines you
could fold it neatly and use pegs and stuff to make a more
shibori style design. Or you could just scrunch it up wildly,
wrap it up, and see what happens!
• Soak the fabric so it’s thoroughly wet. This will help it
absorb the dye better.
• Fill a saucepan with water, add turmeric and vinegar and
bring to the boil.
• Once water is boiling add the fabric.
• Boil until the fabric is the colour you would like it.
• Take the fabric out of the saucepan, run under cold water
and then unwrap. This is the fun bit, its kind of like opening
a Christmas present!
Its impossible not to be happy when faced with a wild tie-dyed
yellow extravaganza. Make it into a cushion, a dress, a bag. Or
just smile
Dyeing the fabric with beets
Ingredients
• 1 bunch beets
• 2 cups vinegar
• 8 cups water
• Large stock pot
• Cotton dishtowels
Instructions
• 1. Prepare your fabric by washing and
drying it a couple times to remove dirt
and chemicals that might interfere with
the uptake of the natural clothing dye.
• In a large pot, create a fixative bath of 2 cups vinegar and 8 cups water (or 1:4
depending on how much water you need). Bring to a boil and let your fabric simmer in
this mixture for an hour. If you have an extra pot, you can take this time to create your
dye while the fabric simmers.
• Scrub the beets to remove any dirt and then chop them. I used 3 medium beets (a
standard bunch at the grocery store) for my towels, but you might need more
depending on how deep you’d like the color and how much fabric you have to dye. If
you use more beets and less water, you’ll get a deeper rose color, while fewer beets
and more water will give you a lighter color.
• Place the beets in a pot and cover with water so that the water level is about 1 inch
above the beets. Simmer on low for an hour. Once the dye is a deep red color, remove
the beets with a slotted spoon and let the beet water come to room temperature's
beets and more water will give you a lighter color.
• Dip one end your wet cotton dish towels into the red dye. I like to drape mine over the
pot so one half is soaking in the dye and the other half is hanging loose over the dry
side of the pot. Let sit for 3 hours or overnight. The longer you let it set, the more
vibrant and color-fast your dye will be.
• Remove your fabric from the dye bath and gently squeeze it to remove the excess dye.
Allow your fabric to drip dry overnight (I drape mine over the shower curtain rod in the
bathroom so the sides don’t touch). Then use a warm iron for five minutes to heat set
the dye.
• Wash and dry on low/gentle to prevent the color from fading too much over time.
Dyeing the fabric with coffee
Materials Needed :
•lots of coffee to brew
•a way to brew your coffee
•a large pot
•a stove
•a spoon
•the clothing you’re dying
This will work best with white, or at least light-
colored, clothing. Coffee dyes often don’t show
up well on darker colors.
Step 1: Brew Lots of Coffee
You’re going to need to fully submerge the clothing that you’re
dying in coffee, so you’ll need to brew a good amount of coffee.
If you only have a two-cup French press or don’t want to make
several pour-overs, you can easily make a big pot of either
instant coffee or cold brew. Both are effective for dying. As you
brew your coffee, place it in a large pot.
The strength of your brew will affect how dark the clothing is
dyed. A stronger brew will make clothing darker than a lighter
one.
• Step 2: Bring Your Brewed Coffee to a Boil
• With your pot full of brewed coffee, bring the coffee to a boil on the stove. Once the coffee is
boiling, turn off the stove. You can put a lid on the pot and leave it on the burner to keep the
coffee as hot as possible, but the coffee shouldn’t be boiling while you’re dying your fabric.
• Step 3: Steep Your Clothing in the Pot
• Put the clothing you want dyed in the pot of coffee. The clothing should be fully submerged,
unless you only want part of it dyed. Once it’s submerged, stir the clothing with a spoon to
eliminate any air pockets. All parts of the clothing that you want dyed should be in direct and full
contact with the coffee.
• Let the clothing steep for a while. The more time you leave it in the coffee, the darker the dye will
be.
• If you aren’t sure how much you want your clothing dyed, you can pull it out after one hour to see
what it looks like. If you want it dyed more, just reheat the coffee and put your clothing back in.
• Step 4: Rinse Off Your Clothing
• Once you’re happy with the result, rinse off your clothing with cold water until the water coming
draining from it is clear. This indicates that the clothing is thoroughly rinsed off.
• Step 5: Wash Your Pot
• Promptly dump the coffee out of your pot and wash the pot. Doing so quickly after the dying is
done will keep the coffee from staining your pot.
• Step 6: Wash Your Coffee-Dyed Clothing Gently
• While your clothing is thoroughly dyed, the dye isn’t colorfast. It’ll fade as you wash the clothing.
To reduce how much the dye fades, wash your clothing in cold water and with a gentle detergent.
Additionally, don’t wash it with whites, as any dye that comes out could stain them.
Thank You.

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