Friday, 27 April 2012

A guide to dip-dying

If you have noticed that the blog hasn't been as well looked after as usual lately, you are right and I'm sorry! I have a lot of deadlines in the upcoming week, so bear with me whilst I finish these!

Although I never carry out any of my plans, I keep dreaming about all the DIY projects I want to do. Lots of them include dip-dying, so when I came across this guide to dip-dying on A Pair And A Spare, I bookmarked it straight away. The overview includes tips such as:
- For an ombre dye, dip the piece in different concentrations of the dye.
- Add salt to your dye mixture to set the dye
- The colour will look much lighter once the garment is dry
It also includes lots of ideas of way to dip-dye your clothes. Check out all the advice here.
The images used in this post can be found here.

21 comments:

  1. That first Dip Dye dress is gorgeous,i love it!!! Don't worry sweetie i think you're doing a great job with your blog,so don't put so much pressure on yourself :)

    Take care,Daniella xox

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  2. The dress at the bottom is gorgeous. I love the dip dye look xx

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  3. The dresses are awesome!<3

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  4. LOVE!!! LOVE!!! LOVE!!!

    http://estilohedonico.blogspot.pt/

    xoxo

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  5. the 2nd outfit is perfect!!!!!!

    xx alex

    www.placetrends.blogspot.com
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  6. I just tried ombre using bleach on my denim shorts (check out my post) and next I'm going to try dip dying! LOVE this trend---great post!!

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  7. Sometimes life stuff gets in the way of blogging stuff, and it can't be helped. Still, you're doing a great job in spite of being so busy. I'm so, so excited about the dip-dye... what a great project for thrift store clothes. :)

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  8. i love the mix of white and dip dye

    http://underthefluorescents.blogspot.com/

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  9. that dress at the bottom looks so stunning!! need it!

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  10. this post was so incredibly useful I love dip-dye :) Thank you so much for sharing this!*

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  11. I love this effect, its very eye-catching, thanks for sharing the tips and link. with my lack of DIY prowess, I would be slightly apprehensive to try it out myself though.
    Hope you have a great weekend.

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  12. I absolutely love dip-dyeing! So much fun and looks great :)
    xx

    www.queenoffunkydiy.blogspot.com

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  13. La primera fotografía es preciosa.
    Un beso.

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  14. I absolutely adore this trends! I put together an outfit with my dip-dyed shirt!

    http://artbyguni.blogspot.com/2012/04/ombre-blue.html

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  15. Love the two dress in the first and last picture.

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  16. love these pieces!

    http://rueoh.blogspot.it/

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  17. I feel a DIY project coming on...Wish me luck! LOL ;)

    XX,
    Miranda

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  18. I am going to do some dip dye projects in May, and will use these links! I have also done a few bleach dips with denim lately, and love the two-tone effect!

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