iDYE

iDye

OK so recently I have been experimenting with dye.  I have wanted to do this for the longest time but was so turned off by the process.  I do not like to hand wash anything larger than an intimate item.  I've always had a hard time with wringing items out and the whole messy issue just plainly turned me off.  I began to look for dyes made for the washing machine and came across Dylon Wash and Dye. When I found this dye I was soooo excited until I couldn't find the wash and dye version anywhere.  Ultimately I ended up finding it on EBAY international listing but was unwilling to pay the shipping cost.  Fortunately for me I kept looking and eventually discovered iDye.  My excitement came back full force and I was ready to do some dyeing. iDye was easy to find several places on line but because Joann Fabrics was having a sale on it I decided to purchase from them.  iDye is priced at $3.79 for 14 grams and one package will cover 2-3 pounds of fabric.

I decided to brighten up my bathroom by dyeing my ivory cotton reversible bathroom rugs, one ivory towel and two hand towels. I choose idye Sun Yellow.

I loved the results.  They came out brighter than my picture shows and completely evenly saturated.  I filled the washer with hot water, added the dye pack, added one cup of salt, then added my towels.  I then washed one cycle with dye, one cycle with soap and one cycle with soap and oxyclean only to clean the washing machine pipes.  This came out so well that I gathered all of my jeans and gave them a refresher with the iDye Navy.  My husband is even making request now!  Tomorrow I will dye an old white terry robe of his into a brand new navy terry robe.  I used one package for the three towels and I used one package for my two rugs.  This is the perfect way to shop your own closet. iDye has 38 different colors at Joann Fabrics.com so there are many different options.  I plan to buy several more colors because I want to freshen up my cotton tank tops before summer.
  If you are into renewing your items by dyeing them please let me know how you do it.  We can share ideas.