Anybody tried hand dying fabrics?

[wendywombat]

I seem to have a whole lot of White fabric. Both Aida and evenweave, all in either linen or cortton.

I've used tea to give an antique effect but I'd really like to get some blues and greens. Any hints/tips?
I've looked at Amazon and they have lots of tie-dye kits but thats not what I really want.They seem to be too bright and vibrant. I'm looking more for a 'cloud' random look so more muted and not flat all over colour. I can buy those! . Rather like the 'Vintage' blues and greens of zweigart fabrics.

[Inkysloth]

I’ve used Inktense sticks to dye fabric successes - they’re solid water-soluble sticks, designed to be used either as pastels / crayons, or scraped into powder.

I soaked the fabric in water, wrung it out, then sprinkled the dye-dust from the stick onto the wet fabric. Then misted the fabric with a spray bottle to encourage the dye to disperse. Once it’s dry you iron it & the dye is set.

I’ll see if I can dig a photo out, the end result was really satisfying.

[wendywombat]

Thanks, I shall look out for those and give them a try. I have so much white and cream fabric it will be fun to try my hand at getting some colour on them.