I found it quite hard to get the right colours with the three different types of fabric: Brocade, DN77 Net and Viscose. The brocade was particularly challenging. I tried a mixture or pinks and scarlets to try and get the correct pink for the brocade but most of them were turning out orange. In the end I found just Lilac Procyon dye on its own work well to get a good pink for the brocade. On the right is a photo of the dyed brocade. I think it looks really effective and it will work well with the other colours of the other tutus in the group. The net was difficult to dye. I found that if I rinsed the fabric as soon as it came out of the dye, the dye just washed straight out where as if I left the fabric to sit for 5mins or spun the fabric in the spinner after taking it out of the dye and before rinsing it, the dye stayed in a lot better. The viscose came out a little light but I think it works well with the other colours. If need be this could always be dyes again.
All the dyes were cold water dyes. Theses are the dye recipes which I used:
Brocade:
2 cups Soda Ash
2 cups Salt
20L Cold water
5 ½ tsp lilac dye
Left for 5mins
Viscose:
1cup Soda Ash
1cup Salt
10L Cold Water
¼ tsp lilac
10 spatula tips Carmine Red
Left for 30 seconds
DN77 Net
1cup Soda Ash
1cup Salt
10L Cold Water
1 ¼ tsp magenta
1 ¼ tsp scarlet
Spatula tip black
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