dyeing baby clothes

[Maruschke]

Hi

I have a whole stack of pink and white stuff.. if we have a girl that's all fine (albeit a little cringe worthy) but if we have a boy I am considering buying some dye sachets and dying the plain coloured clothes blue. Do you think it would work easily enough? Any tips?

[Charlotte91]

I accidently dye stuff all the time. Some of DD's clothes have ended up very weird!!

I say for it!!

No tips, sorry.

[Mumma T]

What a clever idea

[wysiwyg]

Great idea, I have dyed other stuff in past quite successfully always mean to try baby clothes - will let you know if I do it soon and the results as will be a while before you know boy or girl right?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

HotI has tie dyed plain singlets and things for her DD and my DD's, i can't see why it wouldn't work dying a whole shirt, singlet etc?
Never done it myself though so don't hold me to it. Great Idea.

[PumpkinZulu]

**** this thread title made me Ooops!

ETA: I dye some of my clothes so I don't think it'd be a problem. Cotton 'takes' the dye the best, I've found. I've also seen people do tie dye stuff for buns thats gorgeous.

[Bloom]

Totally a great idea M! I have dyed lots of stuff in my washing machine using the sachets you get from Spotlight with good results. They come out very evenly. You need to add salt to the machine. You also need to do a empty wash afterwards to get the dye out the machine - never had any trouble with others loads ending up dyed.

Cotton dyes the best - you might find that embroidery bits or embellishments or stitching won't dye or will come out lighter.

[Ladylove]

I used to dye my own clothes. It works best on pure fabrics like cotton.

[Maruschke]

I should have about 10 weeks before I find out . I reckon I'll give it a ago .

PZ - did I spell it wrong?

[HotI]

Totally a great idea M! I have dyed lots of stuff in my washing machine using the sachets you get from Spotlight with good results. They come out very evenly. You need to add salt to the machine. You also need to do a empty wash afterwards to get the dye out the machine - never had any trouble with others loads ending up dyed.

Cotton dyes the best - you might find that embroidery bits or embellishments or stitching won't dye or will come out lighter.

i used to use the powders you use in a bucket, but the sachets in the machine do a much better job. Some of my threads don't dye the same as the material due to the material being cotton, and the threads being polyester.

Also, if you are doing alot of dying, check out buying dyes from the US (same ones as the spotlight ones) if you buy a few there are much cheaper to get from OS even after postage costs.

[Maruschke]

Thanks for the heads up HotI.

[PumpkinZulu]

Noooo not at all, I read it out of context, and didn't see the place it was posted in!

[Maruschke]

Noooo not at all, I read it out of context, and didn't see the place it was posted in!

[luna moth]

There's a Brissie based shop that sells really good quality stuff, and they give bulk discounts. If you go in with a few others you can do heaps of colours.

I have a dyeing platform* at my house, and thre laundry sinks, so pretty well set up. I am planning a dye day pretty soon. I'll invite you. I'm dyeing onesies, muslins, some plain old jersey, shorts and singlets.

*Platform = giant concrete shelf at waist height. Not specifically designed for dyeing, but it was the first thing I thought of when we bought it!

[Maruschke]

Sounds like great fun!!! I wish I could find out the gender earlier though!

[luna moth]

A friend gave me a fuschia blue and white tie dyed singlet before DD was born, and we didn't know she was a girl. I'd have put it on a boy. You can do stuff like that. Rainbows are good on both.

Heck, we could have two dye days!

[Maruschke]

How about a dye day, to completely obliterate all pink and blue? Give our kids some COLOUR . Rainbows and greens and purples .

[luna moth]

Like!

I pretty generally steered clear of pink anyway. My DD wears a lot of red. But I have a stack of newborn singlets, onesies and other assorted bodysuits that I am going to funkify.