After my bleaching misadventures, I thought I would have one last shot at getting the fabric to a colour that my kids would wear.
From khaki green to salmon orange, I contemplated what colour I could put over the top to get something that wouldn't be brown. Navy was a contender but I thought I would go for red and see what happened.
What happened was beyond my wildest dreams. I was expecting that I had completely ruined the fibres by bleaching first, but they came out a fantastic bright pink! In fact, this is the exact shade I have been looking for to match for a patterned fabric that I need to tone down. I was expecting to be looking for years for this shade and it came out of my own washing machine.
I haven't dyed anything before so seeing the insides of my machine turn a bright red was pretty fun (and scary!) I added a couple of other shirts that needed bringing back to life. One was a bright green, a shade that didn't really suit me. I thought it would come out brown and I was ok with that, but it came out as a deep grape purple, with green stitching left as a contrast. I love it!
I sense a new addiction forming. What can I get my hands on next?
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