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Dying Fabric With Paint
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Recreated Designs
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Using Chalk, Milk or Mineral paint to dye fabric is an easy and fun way to match any colour in your home. I have been wanting a new shower curtain in one of my bathrooms for quite sometime and used some Country Chic Paint and muslin to make an inexpensive and bright new one.
This particular bathroom is pretty small and doesn't have a window so it can be quite dark. For the past few years I just had a plain white shower curtain hanging and it was getting pretty worn and kept shrinking in the wash.
I had found this bolt of muslin for next to nothing last year (literally... it was 90% off!!!) so decided to use some of it to make the new shower curtain. As much a I love the look of natural muslin (I think it is so pretty looking!), I wanted something with some colour for this particular space.
Dying fabric with paint is quite easy but if you are trying to achieve a certain colour, as I was, it may take a little trial and error. I used Country Chic Paint in Cherry Blossom (pink) and an orange colour (that for the life of me, I can't remember the name of) to mix with the water. Tip: do not use latex paint for dying... chalk type paints like County Chic or Annie Sloan or a milk paint like Miss Mustard Seed work best.
I had pre-cut my pieces into the sizes I would need before dying them so after I got the desired colour, all I needed to do was sew them all together.
The new shower curtain adds such a wonderful pop of colour to the little bathroom and completely brightens up the space.
To check out my first failed colour matching attempt... hop over to the original blog post.
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Suggested materials:
- Muslin (Fabric Store)
- Country Chic Paint (Local Retailer)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published April 21st, 2016 6:52 PM
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M. M.. on Apr 25, 2016Did you put dry muslin into the paint water? Would it work more evenly if the fabric was already soaked in plain water?
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Recreated Designs on Apr 25, 2016I did put the dry muslin right in. It dyed it very evenly and I didn't get any splotches. I would think wetting it first would work well too I just haven't tried it that way yet. Please let me know if that works too if you try it... I always love to learn more ;)
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Sherry Fram on Apr 25, 2016Awesome color & it looks great in your bathroom! Great job!
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Recreated Designs on Apr 25, 2016Thanks Sherry :). It definitely brightens up the space.
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