Monday, August 2, 2010

Why you so Obsessed with Me?

I couldn’t resist using the Mariah Carey song as my title!;) So, you could say I am a little (really! only a little!) obsessed with dying things! But it’s just so easy and I love the results: new clothing without having to actually buy the clothing! This used to be a white peasant top that I wear allll the time! I love it! But, because it is white, it started to show signs of wear in the form of stains!:( So, to JoAnn’s I went to buy a box of RIT dye! I bought the same color that I used for these pants; I really like blue!:)

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You can’t really tell in the first picture, but this top has white flowers embroidered on the hem and sleeves. And when I dyed it, they stayed white-ish, which i think makes it look even better. I have found that with a lot of industrial threads, there’s too much nylon in the thread for it to dye properly, (especially embroidery thread) so it doesn’t change color as much!

Blue Peasant shirt (4)

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12 comments:

  1. Laura, that is a gorgeous top! I would have never thought of dying stained clothes.

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  2. That shade of blue reminds me of the sea!:D

    Good job!:D

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  3. The top looks amazing in blue.
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  4. Ooh, what a stunning little peasant blouse - loving the blue color!! :)

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  5. Aww such a cute top!
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  6. magic! i never thought i'd say this, but,"thank god for nylon!".
    it looks great.

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  7. Wow...that is so cool! I have never used RIT dye but would try it after seeing your great results! The blue is really gorgeous!

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  8. Achei linda essa blusa, o modelo e a cor é maravilhosa!!!!
    Gosto do seu blog!!!
    Bjos!!!

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  9. This is gonna look great as my next
    maternity top ;)

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  10. thank you very much
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