A friend has told me about lace dyeing with alcohol inks. I had the inks but not the lace so I bought some online. I have a PC trade coming up with butterflies so I thought I would take some virgin white butterflies and transform them and what you see to the left is the result, along with a daisy. They are a bit darker than I thought they would be but I guess when adding a black to them that might happen. I will definitely play with this again and see what else I can come up with. I have enough lace to do it with!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Alcohol Inks and Lace
A friend has told me about lace dyeing with alcohol inks. I had the inks but not the lace so I bought some online. I have a PC trade coming up with butterflies so I thought I would take some virgin white butterflies and transform them and what you see to the left is the result, along with a daisy. They are a bit darker than I thought they would be but I guess when adding a black to them that might happen. I will definitely play with this again and see what else I can come up with. I have enough lace to do it with!
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Love the colors of these. Depending on the background colors you use, they should really pop. :o)
ReplyDeleteI Love these butterflies! What a great idea..... I bought some of those alcohol inks recently and forgot what i was going to use them for....OH DEAR!!!! dyeing lace with them is quite an idea.... do you dilute them first??
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Maggie
You soak the lace in plain alcohol first and then apply the alcohol ink in small doses. I'm not too patient so I have to add more plain alcohol and dab the color with scrap cloth! Glad you dropped by!
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