My next BIG project is to come up with a dress that is inspired by this one:
The beaded part is just so beautiful but there is no way I can reproduce that much beading like that in my life time. So, I have thought about it for days and came up with this solution. Several months ago I bought a bunch of really nice lace.
I decided to use the lace on the far right for this project. I went on a hunt for Ritz dye and was surprised to only find it at Joann's Fabric. It used to be all over, even in the grocery stores. Anyhow, I have never dyed anything before so I was ready for a big mess and worried that it would not turn out well. The color I wanted was burgundy because that is the color of the velvet. The dye available was wine, red and scarlet. I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of scarlett, because the wine color was too blue so I figured the scarlett would bring out the red. So I heated up the water in a pan, poured in about a quarter of the wine color. The I eyeballed how much scarlet I needed. After putting on gloves, getting paper towels at the ready, I put in a trial piece of the lace. Since I didn't really know what the lace was made of, I didn't know how the lace would take the dye. Some polyester would just lightly take it. But.....It just soaked it up instantly!
So, after about 25 min I took it all outside and slowly poured the dye in an inconspicuous place in the yard (it is veggie dye). No mess, no fuss. And the lace was a beautiful burgundy!
I rinsed it out with cold water, dried it and tried some beading!
I decided to use the lace on the far right for this project. I went on a hunt for Ritz dye and was surprised to only find it at Joann's Fabric. It used to be all over, even in the grocery stores. Anyhow, I have never dyed anything before so I was ready for a big mess and worried that it would not turn out well. The color I wanted was burgundy because that is the color of the velvet. The dye available was wine, red and scarlet. I bought a bottle of wine and a bottle of scarlett, because the wine color was too blue so I figured the scarlett would bring out the red. So I heated up the water in a pan, poured in about a quarter of the wine color. The I eyeballed how much scarlet I needed. After putting on gloves, getting paper towels at the ready, I put in a trial piece of the lace. Since I didn't really know what the lace was made of, I didn't know how the lace would take the dye. Some polyester would just lightly take it. But.....It just soaked it up instantly!
So, after about 25 min I took it all outside and slowly poured the dye in an inconspicuous place in the yard (it is veggie dye). No mess, no fuss. And the lace was a beautiful burgundy!
I rinsed it out with cold water, dried it and tried some beading!
It's going to work fine!
So now to do some beading every evening!
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