If you need a reminder of what my pants looked like before this DIY, check out my previous blog post. Here's the after... I didn't consider that blue (dye) and pink (pants) mix to make purple. So, now I have purple pants that I like less than the original coral colour. If anyone wants these pants, I will donate them to you! This DIY did not go as planned. The purple isn't terrible I suppose, its maybe a more year-round colour to wear, but I didn't want purple pants. The process took a couple days, involved carefulness when working with the dye and wasn't what I expected. The videos I watched from Free Label's Instagram made me have high hopes for this project. However, the dye instructions were complicated so I may have (I did...) disregard them for the most part. Whoops. I don't like reading a novel of instructions apparently. Either way, this wouldn't have fixed the weird colour result. If I could redo this, I would search for YouTube videos to help me with the tricky parts, like taking the garment out of the dye, how to wash it after, the best size of container for the garment, how much water to put in, etc. One thing I'm curious about is why the dye didn't color the thread. This is another look that I didn't anticipate. Had I searched YouTube for how-to videos, I could have better anticipated these hiccups. Perhaps the type of dye affects whether it dyes the thread. I was pretty impressed with how uniform the garment was after being dyed. The only slight discolouration was on the front right pocket and back right pocket. This may be due to lack of movement of those fabric areas, or these area may have been bunched up temporarily. For next week, I'm going to focus on finding more DIY ideas to try from Pinterest. I may re-dye these pants to be black, but not anytime soon as it was quite the ordeal. After doing this, I realized that I didn't look at Pinterest at all for this project- very unlike me. I think this is because I had a video guide and instructions on the dye, so Pinterest didn't even cross my mind. Pinterest provides so many different possibilities and paths that I wouldn't have thought to take, like tips and tricks to make dying (of the Rit version) a success. I couldn't resist the temptation. Here's what I found. Although I'm already finished this DIY #1 for my learning project, these ideas will remain available if I decide to try again. I even noticed a new idea, to use Rit dye to dye burlap - such a good idea! Burlap comes in handy with home decor - right up my alley - and the cheap stuff never comes in multiple colours. Brilliant. Pinterest does it again.
One thing that I strive to aim for when doing DIYs is to make them functional. If its going to take up my time and money on materials, it has to be something that I will use. And I don't like junk, so it needs to serve a purpose. Going off of that, I also have a recent passion new love for finding sustainable items, such as thrifting, etc. and using what I have to lessen the amount of stufffffff I own. This podcast episodes highlights how we can find more in less. Stay tuned! If you have any ideas for me, please share them!
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Jesse Ducharme
29/9/2020 01:41:08 pm
I love the trial and error! I didn't have a very successful week either, but I find that that's how I learn best! I'm excited to see your progress in the future.
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Erin Zinger
16/10/2020 12:38:16 am
Definitely, trial and error makes for (hopefully) better subsequent trials!
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Nelly
30/9/2020 03:27:27 pm
Interesting that the thread didn't change colours, I had a similar situation, my work gave us white masks and I decided to tie dye them and the thread didn't change colour either! I wonder why that is!
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Erin Zinger
16/10/2020 12:38:55 am
Oh no way! What an odd thing. Did your masks look better than my pants?
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Logan Fettes
30/9/2020 11:46:45 pm
That is funny! However we learn from our mistakes and this is a good way for you to learn! Your project seems t be coming along well!
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Erin Zinger
16/10/2020 12:39:14 am
Thanks!
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