Ultimate Updated on October 17, 2018
It’s Vogue Revolution Week and one aspect I like is the Haulternative advertising and marketing marketing campaign which promotes secondhand procuring, basic, mending, renting, DIY – principally avoiding purchasing for new clothes for a additional sustainable and conscious wardrobe. 💚
This yr I polled my Patrons about what they want to see as a Haulternative and ended up making a video about simple strategies to naturally dye your clothes!
I dyed an outdated cotton skirt (which was moreover initially dyed with espresso) using yellow onion skins, and a silk excessive from the thrift retailer with purple cabbage. It’s a very simplified and easy mannequin of pure dyeing, nevertheless proper right here’s what I did:
- Purchase and cut back raw dye supplies into gadgets
- Put in a giant pot* and cover with about 2 elements water
- Simmer for about 45-60 minutes
- Strain out dye supplies
- Add garment to dye water
- Stir gently
- Let sit 12-24 hours, typically stirring
- Take away garment and rinse to eradicate dye
- Let air dry
*you shouldn’t use instruments you cook dinner dinner with for dyeing
Like I mentioned inside the video, protein fibres work best and solely dye pure provides. Moreover for those who want the dyes to be even and additional colourfast it’s essential to appropriately scour (significantly for undyed provides) and mordant the fabric.
Pure dyeing is de facto pleasurable to experiment with and I like how one can under no circumstances be utterly sure the best way it’s going to show! Numerous completely different merely accessible meals you have to use for dyeing are:
- Espresso (brown)
- Tea (brown)
- Turmeric (yellow)
- Avocado pits (gentle pink)
- Pink onion skins (orange/red-brown)
- Most berries (purple/pink shades)
Some additional DIY duties to encourage you to create or transform your wardrobe:
New to sewing? Check out Joan’s easy skirt tutorial.
Be part of inside the fringe sample nevertheless instead of buying new, make your private fringed denim with Leah’s tutorial.
Add cute embroidered flowers to your clothes with Vogue Revolution’s video.
Create a simple poncho from basic materials like Alli did.
Or check out Coolirpa’s Thrifted Transformation assortment for tons of ideas on updating thrift finds.