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about 2 years ago
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I found a dress pattern that I wanted to try, but the only fabric I had that would drape right was shiny, solid purple. There's nothing wrong with that, but it just wouldn't work for the dress. I wondered if I could dye it with something I had in my cabinet, and what did I find but bleach!
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Instructions
You Will Need
- Fabric - Not silk!
- Some sort of Applicator - I used a cardboard tube, but yarn is pretty cool, and a paintbrush would be awesome!
- Clorox Bleach
- A bucket of Water
- Project Cost
- Almost Nothing
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Gather your applicator(s) and bleach.
Do this outside! Bleach is very strong and the smell will get trapped in everything in your house.
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Lay out your fabric. You should iron it first. I was excited.
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Get your applicator nice and soaked in bleach. Like, really soaked. Then tap off the excess since you don't want it dripping on areas you don't want bleached.
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Apply bleach. Make sure it gets into the fabric.
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5
Apply your pattern in bleach.
And then wait. For this silky stuff I had to wait about 4 minutes. Different fabrics will vary in time.
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Rinse it out in your bucket of water when you think you've waited long enough.
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Hang it up to dry and marvel at how it grew a lot.
And wait. And wait. Because you already know what you want to use this for and you can't wait to get started.
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When it dries, turn it into something incredibly awesome. I turned it into a dress that wasn't tacky and shiny purple all over.
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