Dyeing A Dress.

[ladybirder]

I bought a dress in a colour I didn't like and doesn't suit me with the intent to dye it. The dress is made of hemp/cotton and the colour is two shades of sage. My question is, once dyed, will the pattern still show through or will it all look the same colour? I hope you can understand what I mean. Thank you.

https://www.poetryfashion.co.uk/product-UR19-POEDS/colour-c-soft-sage/dresses-skirts/hemp-cotton-tiereddress.htm

[calmck]

Do you mean will you have two shades of the colour

[-SharonA-]

Why not change it for a different colour?

[Vagus]

I think the pattern will still show through, looks as if at least some of the pattern is in the weave.

[Khandro]

You need to take care as to what material the stitching is made of, the fabric of the dress may be cotton but the, stiches can be synthetic & wont take the dye.

I bought a pair of very good quality pants going cheaply because no one wanted the colour, -pink. I wanted to make them dark brown so I dyed them with a green dye which because of the existing red in the pink made them a lovely warm brown, the only trouble was the stiches remained pink !

I got over it by going over the stitches with a fine Staedtler permanent marker.

There is a German saying; " He who has no problem makes himself one" !! :0)

[Tilly2]

You could try tie dye. Then if some of the new colour doesn't take, it won't matter

[ladybirder]

Thanks everyone. Yes calm, that's what I mean. Sharon, because I don't want the other colours and they are too dark to dye to a colour I do like. Vagus I think it will show through too. Khandro I don't care if the stitching doesn't take. No to the tie dye Tilly, a good idea but not for me.

So I've decided I'm going to dye it. Cheers.

[Tilly2]

What colour are you going for LB?

[ladybirder]

Have a guess Tills;-)

[MargoTester]

I don't think I'd risk dying it myself if I'd spent £90, unless you have done it before. I actually love that colour

[MargoTester]

Looked good in the navy

[Tilly2]

My guess...burnt orange.

[Tilly2]

I like the navy one too, MT.

[ladybirder]

NO Tilly, that doesn't match my colouring at all which of course you wouldn't know. I have enough navy so no more of that.

I'm torn between, in no particular order, turquoise, fuchsia, purple, and charcoal.

I've got two dyes in a drawer, fuchsia and purple so ...

[Meaghan27]

I'm struggling to understand how anyone could pay £99 for a dress they don't like the colour of, then dye it.

[Canary42]

It's certainly a very nice dress (IMO), so good luck with the dyeing.

[pastafreak]

Me too meaghan...I'd be scared s******s of messing up and wasting so much money.

[pastafreak]

Ps...I'd be very happy with the sage.

[ladybirder]

Could have been worse meaghan. Had I seen it earlier I would have paid £149 for it and then dyed it! I bought it because I love it.

Before I dye it, probably tomorrow, does anyone know if there is any company that does it? I did google it, I thought Timpsons did it, but no.

Thank you Canary.

[237SJ]

Personally for that price, I wouldn't risk dying it but if you want to then I would go to a specialist dry cleaner and ask them (not Timsons)

[ladybirder]

237 I wish! I can't find a specialist dry cleaner who does dyeing. Do you know of one?

This one in Hove is very good but they don't dye. The do about everything else. Dyeing seems to be a thing of the past.