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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

taking advantage of waking up BEFORE EIGHT 🙃 by doing a ton of laundry while working on a #dye project I've been meaning to get to for a couple weeks now

I've been needing new sheets forever; Midna loves digging in the sheets with her little claws and now there's a BUNCH of tears and holes in the fabric. I've thought about mending them, but they're knit (T-shirt fabric) instead of woven, so I may just tear the sheets up for yarn or use them for another project, idk

BUT I bought two sets of pale purple (woven) sheets with the intention of dumping them into a #dyebath to make them dark purple. however, since they arrived, I've been reading a lot about #shibori, so I'm attempting some shibori-like dye resists

Midna is very interested in the damp bedding on the suddenly cleared off kitchen island, so bonus kitty photo!

#CatsOfMastodon #crafting #textileArt #textiles #dyeing #RitDye

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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

I'm doing kanoko shibori bc I have all the required tools, but sometime soon (for the second set of sheets) I want to acquire a long enough PVC pipe to play with arashi shibori, bc that shit looks AMAZING

I'm also interested in trying itajime shibori, which is where you fold the fabric a bunch of times and use pressure from two wood (or other sturdy material) blocks clamped onto the fabric to resist the dye, and you can get really cool patterns

#shibori

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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

OKAY!!! I've bound up the sheets/pillowcases, and now I'm going DYE SHIT!!!

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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

I'm working in 45 minutes, but all the fabric has been dyed and the sheets are still in the dye fixative bath. the pillowcases are on some plastic wrap on the counter while I eat something, after which I'll cut the string and see how it looks

I'll have to shove them into the wash just before turning on my work computer, but I SHOULD be able to sleep on freshly-dyed sheets tonight!

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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

I had to do the whole thing in 3 batches bc my biggest pot is not very big ... my kitchen sink easily holds both sheets and the pillowcases, though, so next time I think I'll dye them in the sink

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public universal fox Jun 23, 2025

welp I'm turning my work computer on but I'm not quite ready to throw the sheets in the wash lol

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AHHH!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!

tomorrow when it's light out I'll take some close up detail pictures to share, but I'm VERY pleased with how these came out

the pillowcases are very fun, bc I prepped them first, when I had energy and my fingers/back didn't hurt 🤣

the top sheet may be my least successful attempt ... I decided to fold it a bunch of times before tying bits of it (to save time and my fingers), and I must have tied it too tightly for any dye to penetrate, but I was so worried it was going to be solid purple 🤣

the fitted sheet might be my most successful attempt, despite not putting in nearly as much dye as the pillows. I decided to go super minimalist bc I prepped the fitted sheet last and I was running out of time, but what I love about it is the gentle mottling, due to the dye not distributing evenly in the majority of the fabric. it's not something I did on purpose, the pot just wasn't big enough to really stir the sheet

#crafting #dyeing #dye #shibori