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ssltardis in dw_cosplay

Dye-ing blue Magnoli Ten fabric

Nov 03, 2011 22:37

HI, I'm sorry, I know this is an old subject, and one that was covered almost completely thoroughly about a year ago (http://dw-cosplay.livejournal.com/684960.html), but I'm finally getting around to dyeing my Magnoli fabric. I've had it sitting around for over a year, but haven't done ( Read more... )

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ssshunt November 5 2011, 20:42:09 UTC

Do you want it to be a darker blue? I haven't heard of anyone dying this fabric--but then I can be spacy. Whatever you decide to try, I'd try a small swatch at first, so you can see what the dye does to the red stripe.

My two cents. And btw, I've seen the magnoli fabric made into suits as is, and it looks pretty good.

ssshunt November 5 2011, 20:43:20 UTC

Oh and whether you dye or not--wash and dry the fabric first. I know it would then require an enormous amount of ironing, but I did not do this, and my suit is stiff. Not sure how to fix it...

ssltardis November 6 2011, 02:27:34 UTC

ssshunt, yeah, it is truly beautiful fabric just as is, but it's a couple shades lighter than Tennant's suits, judging by the swatch of fabric from Louise P. There was much discussion on a previous post (link's above, in my original post) about coming up with a good dye formula. In the post, there was talk of using either Ritt or Fiber Reactive Procion Dye. Risu also came up with a formula, but after dyeing a full 6 yards thought it could use some minor tweaking. That's where that thread ended.
I was wondering if, since that time, anyone has gone ahead using Risu's revised formula (if so, how were the results?), or came up with a new formula. Also which dye did they use? Just basically wanted to see if, after a year, there had been a final, definitive formula that worked for everyone who was willing to dye their Magnoli fabric, and, if so, has been matched to an original swatch.