Snow Dyed Fabric

Want to make some cool fabric? It's as easy as just adding snow and fiber reactive dyes to material.

Supplies

Here are the supplies needed to complete this project:

• natural fiber material – I used cheap muslin and canvas
• Dharma Textile Detergent or Synthrapol
• bucket for soda ash water
• soda ash
• cup and teaspoon – only used for crafts
• dust mask, goggles, gloves
• rubber bands
• containers to dye material in (plastic shoe boxes, kitty litter boxes, etc.)
• Procion MX dyes
• snow
• bucket for snow and scoop or your hands
• plastic bags to cover dyed containers
• towels to clean up
• warm area to leave dyed material containers overnight

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Step 1: Cut and wash fabric

To get started cut fabric into yard-sized pieces. Since I only bought a yard of canvas I cut it into two half-yards pieces.

After the fabric is cut, it needs to be washed in hot water with Dharma Textile Detergent or Synthrapol to remove any sizing, oil, or dirt.

If planning on dyeing right away, you can proceed to the next step. However, if you plan to dye another day, go ahead and dry the fabric. Now the fabric will be ready for the next step.

stringstretcher says: Jul 15, 2012. 1:50 PM

Nice! I enjoyed your blog as well. The ice dying looks fantastic.

Bloombakecreate (author) says: Jul 15, 2012. 2:26 PM

Stringstretcher, So glad you like my blog. Thanks. Lynda

straycatmeow says: Mar 17, 2012. 8:47 PM

I LOVE, LOVE that pink one. It's just screaming to made into something cool

Bloombakecreate (author) says: Mar 18, 2012. 1:30 PM

Straycatmeow,

Thanks. I've not yet made anything with them. Thanks for commenting. Lynda

Attmos says: Mar 8, 2012. 8:57 PM

very cool. so the snow melt kinda makes the dying patern random? i like it.

Bloombakecreate (author) says: Mar 9, 2012. 5:04 AM

Attmos, That is what is so neat about this technique. You never know what the fabric will look like - like opening up a present every time. Thanks for commenting.