Final dyed pants
Final dyed pants
The first attempt at dyeing the white pants nude was not successful. I dyed them one at a time in a large pot, and the tan/yellow dye exhausted more quickly than the pink. I wanted them to be the same color as the top left, but they became pinker an
I redyed each pair of pants, tweaking the formula for each one, until they were all a similar shade of nude.
The elastic waistbands were resistant to dye, so they had to be painted with a very concentrated mix of dye, and heat set with a hair dryer. They washed out to a soft nude color.
To tie-dye the pants, I twisted a small area, and secured it by tying a rubber band around several times.
The twisted part was then dipped in concentrated dye, or dabbed with a sponge. This was then repeated all over the pants. The first batch was heat set with just a hair dryer, and the dye washed out to a soft effect. The tie-dye was repeated, and th
Sampling of final colors
Sampling of final colors
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TieDyePants-Magenta.jpg
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