slurple the purple
Slurple is a great word! In times of tragic revision, words are all I have. I know I said I may not be able to post as much, but when my laptop is right there calling me it would be rude to refuse and I'll probably end up writing about fringing in the exam.
Last night everyone else watched Pulp Fiction while I mused colour bleeding/tie-dye/ombre/fading. I was trying to decide which Luella dress to copy in the showdown when I remembered I'd bought a purple dye a while ago for another dress. I held off dying though because it said I had to simmer the dress and never had a pan I wouldn't mind using, until now!
Like most DIY, I assume it's hideously complicated and go down the hard road, then end up with something botched and battered that I never wear. I decided to go the easy route this time and grabbed my teeny pan and some revision and headed for the kitchen. Have you met our kitchen? It's very old and skanky and we have these little microwave type cookers to share with 20 girls! I stuck on the sad truth about turkeys leaflet that Peta sent me; I don't know who shifted the word magnets!
I followed the instructions and added the salt and dye, then dunked half the dress and let the rest hang over the pan for 15 minutes, after cutting off some excess material from the skirt. A few people came in and wondered why the hell I was cooking a dress! I was worried it could turn out a bit uneven too but just went with it as the dress was cheap. The dye was purple so I thought dying the red would turn out blue but it's definitely purple, with white dots. As it was drying it turned a strange sludge colour but I woke up to find fabulous results, a bit like a sunset! Who knew it was this easy? I still need to hem it so it's super short and might put some net underneath too, but right now I'm hunting for other things I can dye... tights? shoes? gloves? Oooo endless possibilities!
wow that worked so well!
Posted by: katie-lilga | January 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Wow! That came out really well, it looks lovely. I love dying, it's so messy and fun.
Posted by: Lady Julianne le Fay | January 16, 2008 at 01:01 PM
Yay! Someone on the blogosphere has done the dip dying... I've been meaning to do this for yonks but I don't want to wreck my kitchen sink...
But now you've impelled me to go mad.... tights are definitely on the agenda...
Posted by: susie_bubble | January 16, 2008 at 01:24 PM
beware though, all the surfaces are purple now!
Posted by: selina | January 16, 2008 at 01:26 PM
oh wow..awesome...i love it so much!! :)
Posted by: Diana Rikasari | January 16, 2008 at 03:19 PM
I looks terrific--you're making me dare to dye.
Posted by: The Clothes Horse | January 16, 2008 at 03:59 PM
The dress is beautiful.
Posted by: WendyB | January 16, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Gosh, it looks fantastic! I feel that I'm going to have to try that out...
Posted by: buttonsandstars | January 16, 2008 at 06:12 PM
It looks amazing! Well done!
Posted by: Renée S. / FashionFillers | January 16, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Wow. That came out looking amazing! I feel inspired!
Posted by: fritha louise | January 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM
this is ace I'm rather inspired to give it a go myself now!
Posted by: fmg | January 16, 2008 at 11:17 PM
WOW!!
Posted by: Soul Tanggg | January 17, 2008 at 08:09 AM
Great results! I used to dye things when I was in high school, I had a lot of nice top and it was so fun to make them :-)
Posted by: alicepleasance | January 17, 2008 at 09:12 AM
"simmer the dress"...ha ha :)
The results are great though- the red and purple combo looks like a great colour bleed!
Posted by: Drusilla | January 17, 2008 at 03:52 PM
yes!! this is amazing, and i think it will look incredible with your BEAUTIFUL hair!
BUT please let me know if this is a problem when you end up washing the dress after wear... i want to know if it fades or bleeds into your other clothes before i attempt this for myself!
Posted by: Lauren | January 19, 2008 at 05:53 AM
Wow, it looks fantastic!
Posted by: Jess | January 20, 2008 at 01:58 AM