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Thanks for showing the dye technique AND how to heat set it. I found lots of marbling videos, but yours is the only start to finish, whole project tutorial. And how you mixed color into the cream is something I wondered about. I need to make clouds and grass on embroidery fabric and need subtle color shifts...your video included that technique. Thank you so much!
love howe clear, organized, and to the point you were! Usually watching youtube videos makes me cringe and gives me anxiety because they are all over the place and no follow through. This one was very pleasant- thank you!
Thankyou so much for sharing. This should be a fun creative project (make your own rules sort of thing) & felt youve encouraged the creative side in us, rather than enforcing 'this is the correct way to do it'. Im doing this tomorrow on several items of clothing. How fun!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! You presented everything well and calmed my nerves on how difficult the process originally appeared to be. You gained my sub (:
thanks for a fun informative refreshing video I don't always want professional I want factual informative friendly funny and lighthearted - a joy to watch many thanks
This is exactly the type of result I've been looking for! Do you think this method would work on polyester sheets? (using the appropriate dye, not all purpose)
Hi there!! The best way to seal the dye in any fabric, you should saturate water with salt and maybe depending on the temperature add some ice. Remember hot or warm water makes the dye bleed instead of cold water... it’s just like when you’re washing jeans. Great technique for marbling btw.
I just finished the 18 month old onesie but I can't get the picture up on here, I ended up using a syringe and it still worked out just fine but I'm still going to look for a medicine dropper
Thank you for the demo. I do have a question, with any other "How To" I've watched, it's recommended to have your cloth damp, just as you've said. I really would have appreciated seeing both pillowcases to see for myself that the dry fabric ended up looking better.
We have a more in depth article about marble dyeing here: www.onlinefabricstore.net/makersmill/marble-dyeing-with-shaving-cream/ This includes comparative photos of the wet and dry pillowcases, hope this helps!
I like the marbling! Okay, I LOVE the marbling! I want to do a pattern looks like gently rippling water, with two different colors; Rit DyeMore Kentucky Sky and Rit DyeMore Sapphire Blue. Do you think this would be a good way to get that effect??!?
That may work with marbling, but painting the fabric with dye may get a result closer to what you're looking for: www.onlinefabricstore.net/makersmill/how-to-dye-fabric-painting-with-dye/
Would you recommend this with a duvet cover? I purchased an over-sized king comforter (116 x 98) and wanted a Marble duvet cover, but cannot find one to accommodate the size as they are all for the standard king size. Should I do this in small sections, or should I lay down a whole tarp to work with? I am afraid the size of my canvas may cause issues. And how long should the dye sit? I was only thinking of doing 1 side of the duvet cover, so I don't care if it bleeds through to the other side. Also, do you know how many washes I can do before it starts to fade? Thanks!!!
Hi Paige, this would be challenging to do on such a large item but it may work doing it in several smaller sections. It would be difficult to reach the middle if you did it in one go and it may be hard to lay down the duvet cover flat. In this video, we just let it sit a couple minutes, but you might want to leave it for 15 to 30 minutes. We highly suggest using Rit Fixative because it really helps reduce bleeding and fading. It's a little hard to know when to use the fixative in this case. It's usually used after dyeing but before rinsing. I think it would be best after removing the shaving cream. If you wash it in cold water with a mild detergent, the color should last a good amount of time, but I'm not sure of the number of washes. Good luck!
What if I don't want to cover my whole T shirt that I'm dying. I'm just trying to cover some blue marks that happened when a blue ink pen leaked iin the dryer. I actually like the original color of the T shirt...I just want to give it a swirly look instead of traditional tie -dye for a softer, more gentle look.
I'm having a heck of a time finding a medicine dropper, I've gone to pharmacies Walmart's hobby lobby and you have to have them shipped you can't pick them up in the store
You could do it on both sides, but you will always have a little staining through to the other side so keep that in mind! I would say that you could do the one side, wipe off the shaving cream, and then do the other before rinsing. I hope this helps!
Most people say it should be wet, but we found dry worked better. See the conclusion section of our post to see comparison photos of wet and dry: www.onlinefabricstore.net/makersmill/marble-dyeing-with-shaving-cream/
Hi Mitzela, Minky is polyester which is much harder to dye than than cotton and other natural fibers. You might be able to get some light results with Rit DyeMore, which is for synthetic fibers, but it really needs heat while dyeing for the color to penetrate, so I don't think it would work very well, if at all.
Why not marble fabric the old fashioned way? You have a lot more control in the swirl design and are not wasting shaving cream and adding garbage empty cans every time.
