I have been a stitcher for over 50 years.....and girl; I have never thought of doing it in a glass baking sheet pan!! I LOVED the teal piece you did. When me and my group dye their cloth (s) we use a 3 foot piece of PVC pipe capped off on one end. Then pour the 4 cups; cap the other end, and they roll their fabric, place it in the tupe and shake for a coupld minutes. I roll it, because i like the smoother cloudy result. Loved this video......my husband would KILL me if i did this in the new formal kitchen!!!!! Richard
I am so excited to try this tomorrow! I went to my local cross-stitch store and almost fainted when I saw the cost of hand-dyed evenweave! This will be a great way for me to have a truly hand-dyed, unique fabric to stitch on. I am the same where I started stitching when I was 14, stopped for a bit, then started up again until I had kids. Now that they are older, I am stitching again on my first project in years. Thank you for a great video that was informative and also made me feel connected.
Hello Brenda - I just came across your video as I am interested in starting to dye my own fabric. Your tutorial is the best one I have seen, and I wanted to thank you for showing how to get the 2 different looks from the same dye. So informative! 👍
Best video ever!! I learned so much. Thank you for even sharing your mistakes as we all learn from those too. If you ever do the tea dye process please video that as well, you are a great instructor 😊
Thank you for your video!!! I actually love the first batch that has the red marks in it. Makes it a little more interesting. You are a wonderful teacher!! Thank you again.
What wonderfully dyed fabrics. They are beautiful. You are a very likeable person. Your instructions are clear and thorough . I wish you'd make ,more videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
This video is exactly why I’ve been looking for!! Thank you SO much!! This really makes me feel confident that I can do this in my own home. I absolutely love your fabrics, they’re stunning! Now to look to see if you show how to zigzag sew the ends, I don’t know how to do that & I’m nervous to try. Thank you SO much!!
depends on your fabric whether or not you have to zig zag or serge it.I only stitch on aida and i NEVER do anything to the edges,Priscilla and Chelsea stitch on monaco and they never do anything to the edges either.On aida if the raveling bothers you,you can always pull a few threads until it stops raveling,and it doesn't take very many threads to accomplish that.I've been stitching over 35 years,and never have a problem..JMO
I use light grey or light blue sewing thread and do a blanket stitch on my edges. I never use a darker thread as it will leave the dye on the fabric. My sewing machine is packed, ready for my move and I don’t want to unearth it, but perhaps I will. I have the dot, dot, dot, zig over the edge stitch. Makes sense.
Love your video! I hope you keep making them and showing the progress you and your daughter are making on your stitching! I didn’t hear what temperature you had your oven on. I want to try doing my own fabric. You make it look so simple but I’m sure there is a “knack” to it! Thanks again for the great tutorial. Teresa
Love your video, very thorough, easy to follow and clear visuals. I’m excited to try your techniques. Do you have any plans to do written instructions to go along with your video, it would be very helpful? Lastly, do you have any other videos? Good job!
As you ar scrunching in the pan, perhaps a towel under the glass pan? It would muffle the pan on counter rattles if you are video taping. I have a slight hearing disability and the noise of the pan is loud to me and have trouble hearing you. I don’t want to miss any of your instruction! Thank you for considering the suggestion. Thank you, I learned a great deal!
What a great teacher! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Did you end up tossing the "mistake"? I was wondering if you could overdye it to make it look like it was supposed to be that way somehow?? Let us know if you tried it. I would not want to throw it out!
Hi Lorene, because I use so little dye in each batch I just pour it down the drain when I am done. I haven't even used up a single color yet so it goes a long, long way!
Great video. Love your palette of dyes!! Please don't throw away those first pieces. Some people like fabric with a rusty, crusty look for certain designs. Maybe try putting it in a pan of boiling water, which might let the dye come out or tone it down, or you could un-dye it as Rit makes a dye removal product too. 🤓💞
I’ve just starting dyeing my own fabric. I tried natural dyeing first with black beans. It was fun to play and just see what I would get. I then tried Rit dye but I didn’t know how to get the look yours had or thought to bake it. Instead of throwing away mistakes you can use them for full coverage projects or to make smaller pieces and work around undesirable areas.
Brenda, Great video! Very informative - love to see before & after (& yes, even mistakes)! I think I’m going to try it!! I bought the dye, and all the supplies, but was afraid to jump in, but you made it look so easy! Thank You for sharing your process!!
Fabulous video. Very well done and easy to understand. I learned a lot. I have as much rit dye as you and have been planning to dye some of my stitching cloth. Also, I think the goof-up was serendipity. Thank you for your generous knowledge. I know I speak for many when I say we all appreciate you sharing.
This helped so very much. I loved seeing the different fabrics used on your stitched pieces. I wish I had as much of an artist's eye as you, but I am going to try to dye my own to go with my stitched pieces. Thank you for sharing!
Such a helpful and informative video. Thank you! And I kind of like the red spots on the first batch of fabrics. I think it would make for a good halloween project.
Terrific video! I’m off to get some rit dye and I’m comfortable enough to try this. Hand dyed fabric is so expensive so this will be awesome to be able to get the right color I need for a project. Thanks for doing this!
Awesome tutorial. Thank you so much for your step by step technique. I've always hesitated to try dying fabric but after watching your tutorial I am more confident to give it a try.
You are a great teacher! So informative. I want to go get my supplies and experiment with colors now! AND...congratulations to your daughter on her stitching. Very cute.
Brenda, That was a great demonstration! I like to dye my fabric as well and my process is similar to your pour method. I do put my fabric thru 2 or 3 dye baths each with a little darker or different dye to get the mottling I want. I have shown my results on a few of my flosstubes. On #9 I talk about how I got each of the colors. Thanks for sharing! Jacque
I love that you showed us the mistake!! Now I know how to fix it when I mean if I do that! I rush all the time. I just got more Aida today and I was going to just soak it in coffee over night but I love the way these turned out!!
Hello, great question! Here is a link to the Rit website where they answer this: www.ritdye.com/faq/is-rit-safe-to-be-used-in-a-container-used-for-food/
Hi, Brenda. Your video was so informative and your fabrics are lovely. I have my supplies out to dye four pieces of Aida. I look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for such a detailed video showing your dying process. I recently dyed my first batch very similar to how you did yours. It turned out great & I'm excited to get more dye colors and make some more.
This was great! I love how easy it is and the sky’s the limit on the colors and effects you can achieve! I will definitely be trying this in the future at home!
Brenda, thank you so much! You are such a natural at explaining this process. I am new to cross stitching and so far only use 14 count Aida, is this the count your daughter is doing? She is doing a beautiful job. If I dye Aida will it soften the fabric up? Can you dye color on color fabric or does it have to be white?
I need help! I'm trying to figure out how to hand dye aida fabric differently. I'm wanting to go from a dark shade of purple to light purple and then blue. IN a linear fashion. Any tips??
