How to Dye a Party Garland
Bring a splash of color into your life and onto your walls with an eye-catching fabric party garland. I'll show you a dyeing technique that quickly creates an array of coordinating kaleidoscopes. Cover the fabric with ice or snow, sprinkle on powdered dye, and leave the project overnight for the colors to work their magic. Stitch the little pieces of fabric onto a pretty ribbon, hang and enjoy!
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Theme song written by Karl Halvorson and performed by Nancy Gamon.
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The supply list for this project is a little long. If you need help sourcing materials, feel free to post your question in the comments section. Any equipment used in the dyeing process is no longer suitable for food use.
Procion Fiber Reactive Dye colors used in this video are:
"Bahama Blue"
"Orange Sorbet"
"Bazooka Pink"
To make this project, you’ll need:
10 pieces of Fabric (100% natural plant fibers, such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, flax, linen, rayon) “Prepared For Dyeing” (PFD) or “Ready To Dye” or prepared for dyeing by you (by washing in Textile Detergent and no fabric softener used in washer or dryer) The pieces I used were 5"x7"
Professional Textile Detergent / Synthrapol®
Retayne® dye fixative
Soda ash (Sodium Carbonate) (this is not baking soda)
Fiber reactive powdered dye (such as Procion® designed for 100% natural plant fibers)
large (at least 2 gallon) plastic tub with lid (to store soda ash solution, which will stay effective for about 6 months)
1-cup measure (for measuring powdered soda ash)
Long handled plastic stirring spoon (for mixing soda ash solution)
Plastic spoons (for sprinkling dye)
Dust mask (for preparing soda ash solution, and sprinkling powdered dye)
Rubber gloves
Plastic (to protect work surface)
Ice (cubes or crushed, or unpacked snow)
Scraps of lightweight fabric (to protect project from dye spots)
Rags (to clean work surface afterwards)
plastic tub (to catch dye drips)
cooling rack (to prop the dye pan on)
paper (to rest the dye project on)
Sink-size plastic tub (for rinsing and hand washing projects)
88" long piece of 1/2" wide ribbon
sewing machine and everything that goes with it (or hand sewing needle, thread and patience)
scissors
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