Sunday, June 29, 2014

Roy G. Biv

Does that title line bring back memories from art class for anyone else?  I had a blast this weekend dying a batch of onesies of various sizes.  It was so much fun to mix the colors, and doing the dying in ziploc bags was a super-clean method.  (Consequently, I highly recommend Tulip One-Step Tie-Dying Kits.  A 5-color kit allowed me to make these 15+ different colors, and there are so many more color combinations that one could make.)  The only hard part was waiting overnight for the colors to set before I could see the final result!  So I felt I had to make the process at least somewhat suspenseful on a blog post!  Here's the picture of the onesies wrapped in plastic after dying:
Now, to wait overnight for color setting!

They came out such pretty candy-colors after rinsing and washing!  Some will get iron-on shapes applied, some will get funny sayings, and some will just stay the beautiful solid color they became after dying.  Don't they look beautiful on the clothesline?  I am very proud of my first attempt at these!
The beautiful onesies, hanging on our clothesline to dry!
Because I couldn't refuse a "backside" view!
And yes, if you're concerned like baby's grandfather & father were, these dyes are safe for the baby once the onesies are washed one more time.

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