Renew with fabric dye

How to instructions

1 The blouse or shirt should be washed at least once and dry before you begin. If the garment is damp, the paint will spread out more. We painted the blouse when it was dry.
2 Protect your table with plastic and wear gloves.
3 Dab paint in various colours on the fabric with a sponge or a wide brush. Crinkle up the fabric so that the spots of colour become more diffuse. If you like, spray with a little water if you want the colours to spread out more. Just keep in mind that the colour will spread for several hours, so it will be some time before you see the final result.
4 Leave the garment crinkled up for 12 to 24 hours. Then unfold the fabric and leave it to dry completely, flat.
5 When the blouse is dry, fix the paint with an iron set to cotton without steam for 5 minutes.*
6 Then it can be machine-washed at 40°C max, and should be washed inside out. Wash separately the first few times after dyeing.

Create your own pattern designs with fabric paint! We used thin, watercolour-like fabric paint to create a fabulous, flowing pattern on the blouse. With this fabric paint, you can give clothes and fabrics made of at least 50% cotton (or silk) a new lease of life. Choose whether the fabric will be damp or dry when you paint it. Just bear in mind that the paint spreads more when the fabric is wet.

*Alternatively, fix the dye in the oven (not silk) at 150°C for 5 minutes, but make sure the garment has no buttons, elastic, or heat-sensitive features. When fixing paint in the oven, it is important to make sure that the fabric does not touch the oven heating element.

How to instructions

1 The socks should be washed at least once and damp before you begin, so that the paint can properly adhere.
2 Protect your table with plastic and wear gloves.
3 Drip, spatter or brush paint here and there on the socks. Because the fabric is damp, the paint will spread and colours applied near one another may flow together and create new shades.
4 Cover the socks with plastic and let dry for 24 hours.
5 Rinse the socks, then wash in the washing machine at 30°C and iron inside out. Wash the socks separately the first few times after painting or dyeing.

The kids’ white socks may be looking a little grey and dull, but you can fix that with fabric paint! With our tie-dye junior kit for ages 8 and up, the kids can dye their clothes. We recommend having an adult help. Fabric paint can be used to dye light cotton textiles. Follow the different techniques in the instructions to create cool effects on everything from hoodies to socks.

How to instructions

1 Place the clean, damp garment that you want to dye in the washing machine. Never fill the washing machine more than halfway. One Dylon All-in-1 pod is enough for 600 grams fabric for maximum colour and up to 1800 grams for a less intense shade.
2 Remove the plastic cover from the Dylon pod and place the pod in the washing machine.
3 Run a normal washing programme, without prewash, at 30 to 40°C (40°C will produce a darker shade).
4 Wipe off the washing machine’s rubber strips and run two empty cycles after dyeing the garment.
5 Wash the garment separately the first few times after dyeing it.

Say goodbye to washed-out garments, bedding and towels! With Dylon’s fabric dyes for the washing machine, you can quickly give them colour again. Here, we’ve experimented a little by starting from the colour Peony Pink, removing some of the dye powder from the pod, and adding a little of the colour Plum Red to dye the dress. Remember that the original colour and material always impact the final result and dark fabrics cannot be dyed a lighter colour.

How to instructions

1 The clothes should be washed at least once and damp before you begin, so that the paint can properly adhere.
2 Protect your table with plastic and wear gloves.
3 Roll, twist or fold the fabric however you like and then wrap rubber bands around the fabric bundle a few centimetres apart.
4 Drip, spatter or brush paint here and there on the garment. Because the fabric is damp, the paint will spread and colours applied near one another may flow together and create new shades.
5 Cover the garment with plastic and let dry for 24 hours. Then remove the rubber bands.
6 Rinse the garment, then wash in the washing machine at 30°C and iron inside out. Wash the clothes separately the first few times after painting or dyeing.

Say goodbye to the kids’ worn-out and washed-out clothes, and hello to a new colourful wardrobe! With our tie-dye junior kit for ages 8 and up, the kids can dye their clothes. We recommend having an adult help. Fabric paint can be used to dye light cotton textiles. Follow the different techniques in the instructions to create cool effects on everything from hoodies to socks.

How to instructions

1 First, wash the shirt to get rid of any residues.
2 Cover your work surface with plastic to protect it from stains.
3 Decide whether to paint the shirt wet or dry. If it is damp, the paint will spread quite a bit, so leave some areas dry if you don’t want the whole shirt to be dyed. You can also lightly spray a dry garment with water while applying the paint, so that the paint spreads out. Keep in mind that the paint will spread for several hours, so don’t use too much water if you want a more distinct pattern.
4 Option 1: Drip paint with a pipette and let the fabric soak it up.
5 Option 2: Drip paint and crinkle up the garment to spread the paint all over.
6 Lay the shirt flat to dry.
7 When the shirt is dry, fix the paint with an iron set to cotton without steam for 5 minutes.*
8 Then it can be machine-washed at 40°C max and should be ironed inside out. Wash the shirt separately the first few times after painting or dyeing.

It’s so much fun to transform something old into something new! We all have a few pieces of clothing that look a little tired. So try giving them a brand new look with fabric paint! One thing is certain: you are guaranteed to end up with a unique, personalised garment. We used thin, watercolour-like fabric paint to create a fabulous, flowing pattern on our T-shirt, but you could also use this paint for tie-dye projects. The fabric paint can be used with clothes that are made of at least 50% cotton (or silk).

*Alternatively, fix the paint in the oven (not silk) at 150°C for 5 minutes, but make sure the garment has no buttons, elastic, or heat-sensitive features. When fixing paint in the oven, it is important to make sure that the fabric does not touch the oven heating element.

How to instructions

1 Wash the top at least once to remove any residues in a new garment.
2 Cover your entire worktop in plastic sheeting, and wear rubber gloves.
3 Wet the top and take a large cylinder, like a straight-sided paper bin to slip inside the top.
4 Arrange the top around the cylinder. Take non-staining string and fasten it around the whole cylinder and top at one side. Continue wrapping the string 6-7 times. Holding the string tight, squeeze the fabric where you string-wrapped it so that the fabric puckers up in little rolls. Pull the string tight. Wrap the top for another 6-7 rounds and squeeze the fabric against the pleats you already made. Continue in the same way until you have wrapped string around the entire top.
5 Mix equal parts dye and water. Paint dye on the top using a wide paintbrush until all the fabric is soaked in dye. Leave the top to take up the dye for 24 hours.
6 Cut away the string. Take care not to cut the fabric.
7 Fix the dye by ironing the fabric without steam for 5 minutes.*

Give your top a whole new look using fabric dye! For this project, we used a special Japanese Shibori resist-dyeing technique, which involves placing the fabric around a cylinder and then wrapping string around it. Instead of tie-dye where you tie string or rubber bands around the fabric, here you wrap string around a cylinder and then pull the fabric out between the gaps. The result is stripey, a bit like the stripes on a tiger. The runny watercolour fabric dye works on fabrics with at least 50% cotton content (as well as silks).

*Alternatively, fix the paint in the oven at 150 °C for 5 minutes, but make sure the garment has no buttons, elastic, or heat-sensitive features. When fixing dye in the oven, it is important to make sure that the fabric does not touch the oven heating element.

How to instructions

1 Cover your table with plastic sheeting and wear gloves.
2 Launder the cotton napkins before you begin.
3 Moisten the cotton napkins.
4 Shape each napkin into a sausage by scrunching it together along one side. Wrap with rubber bands at about 5 cm intervals.
5 Drip paint on the napkins with a pipette and squeeze the fabric so that the paint spreads throughout the bundle.
6 Leave the paint on the napkins for about 5-20 minutes, and then rinse. Allow to dry.
7 Fix the paint in the oven at 150°C for 5 minutes. You can also iron on the cotton setting for 5 minutes from the back.
8 Iron the napkins to get rid of any wrinkles and fold twice. Roll up the cutlery in the napkins and tie with a beautiful piece of twine. Then decorate with a twine tassel.

Lay the table for a party with beautiful watercolour napkins! Tie-dying will give your napkins the lovely look of a watercolour - a gorgeous detail at a confirmation, wedding or another celebration. The longer you let the fabric soak, the more intense the colour will be. The colour will be most vibrant if you don't rinse the fabric at all. Roll up cutlery in the napkins and tie with a piece of twine. Decorate the knot with a tassel. Tie-dyed napkins are washable at 40°C. Wash separately the first couple of times.

Give your T-shirt a second chance with fabric paint

How to instructions

1 Start by spraying water on the T-shirt to moisten it.
2 Spread watercolour textile paint with a broad, flat brush and add as many colours as you like. (Try leaving some space between the colours, to give them space to flow outwards).
3 Rinse off excess paint with water. Remember: the sooner you rinse out the paint, the lighter the hue will be.
4 Fix the paint in the oven at 150°C for 5 minutes. (Make sure the fabric does not touch the heating element and that it has no plastic buttons).
5 Tape the stencil where you want your pattern to be and roll on Palett fabric paint in any colour. Use the paint sparingly, otherwise it may seep under the stencil.
6 Fix the design according to the fabric paint instructions.

Give old T-shirts a new lease of life with fabric paint and resist-dyeing! This fabric paint makes it easy to give your old garments the lovely look of a watercolour painting. Boldly experiment with the paint by spreading, spattering and dotting it on, and by crinkling up the garment. When you are pleased with the design, fix the paint in the oven. Then make cool patterns with stencils. The only limit is your imagination!

How to instructions

1 Protect your worktop with plastic sheeting and wear gloves.
2 Use washed white cotton trousers. Moisten the fabric using a spray bottle or the like.
3 Shake the bottle and drip dye here and there using a pipette for example.
4 Leave some white patches untreated in between the pink splotches and spray on more water to disperse the dye.
5 For a pastel effect: Leave the trousers for 1 hour, rinse and leave to dry.
6 For intense colour: Leave the trousers to soak up dye for at least 1 hour and then hang up to air dry.
7 Fix the dye by ironing on the cotton setting (without steam) for 5 min. Alternatively, fix the dye in the oven at 150 °C for 5 min, but make sure that heat-sensitive features like plastic buttons and the fabric itself are not touching the oven-s heating elements.

Give old clothes a new lease of life using fabric dye and the art of dye-resist! This runny fabric dye is suitable for use on white and pale-coloured cotton garments. The dye has a great watercolour quality, making it perfect for recolouring clothes using tie-dye. For a stubborn stain on a pair of trousers or a top, don't discard them, but upcycle and transform them using tie-dye! We used a bright pink dye, but you can adjust the shade just the way you want it. Dyed clothes are washable at 40 °C. Wash separately the first couple of times.

Paint pixel-art portraits using fabric dye

How to instructions

1 Use a washed, dry and uncreased T-shirt. Stuff a piece of card or the like inside the T-shirt, to prevent dye seeping through to the back.
2 Use square sponges for printing the motif. Pour some dye onto a palette or other flat surface. Soak the end of the sponge in the dye so it absorbs the dye evenly.
3 Start by measuring the T-shirt to determine the centre and the distance from the neck opening to the motif. Mark the centre of the motif with your first print.
4 Let the motif spread out from the centre outwards; this makes it easier to centre on the T-shirt. Make the motif using square prints spaced slightly apart.
5 Allow the dye to dry completely. Then fix the design using an iron on the garment (turned inside out) for 3 to 5 minutes on the iron-s cotton setting. After 24 hours, your garment will be machine-washable at 40 °C.

Make a Europop top featuring a portrait of yourself or someone special in pixelated Eurovision song-contest style. Sketch out your design first or just pixel free-hand. To make the neat pixel squares, stamp on dye using squared foam rubber sponges, either ready-cut or cut free hand. Remember to choose a palette of colours to match however dark or light your top is. We used fabric dye for dark fabrics for our T-shirt.

Dye fabric with the Japanese shibori technique

How to instructions

1 Use washed and ironed fabric. Moisten the fabric with a spray bottle or something similar.
2 Fold the fabric accordion-style. Smooth it well and make the creases as sharp as possible.
3 Now fold the folded fabric strip like an accordion again, but the other way. Smooth the fabric and make the sharpest, most precise folds possible, until you have a folded square fabric bundle.
4 Squeeze the fabric bundle together between two pieces of wood, with a little bit of fabric sticking out on the sides. Use a sturdy clip or screw clamp to squeeze the bundle together as tightly as possible.
5 Drip fabric dye on the edges of the fabric with a pipette. Wear gloves and squeeze the fabric with your hands to help distribute the paint.
6 For pastel results: unfold the fabric and rinse it almost immediately after applying the dye. Hang up to dry.
7 For a darker colour and more distinct pattern: unfold the fabric after a few minutes and hang to dry.
8 Fix the dye by ironing on the cotton setting (without steam) for 5 minutes or by heating in the oven at 150°C for 5 minutes. Make sure the fabric is not touching the oven-s heating elements.

The Japanese shibori dyeing technique allows you to create beautiful resist-dye patterns by folding fabric instead of tying it with string. Japanese resist dyeing requires a bit more precision, but thin watercolour fabric dye makes it easy to achieve the shibori effect. Dye ordinary white cotton fabric or old sheets. Then you can make beautiful cushion covers, bags, quilts and other interior decor details with shibori patterns. You can also try dyeing kitchen towels to make a classic checked towel with a fresh twist.

How to instructions

1 Protect the table with plastic and wear gloves.
2 How to tie-dye fabric:
3 Moisten the entire fabric bag.
4 Tie knots on either side of the bag with cotton string. The firmer your knots, the more white will appear in the pattern.
5 Use a pipette to dot various colours onto the fabric. Squeeze the knots to help the colour absorb thoroughly.
6 Give the paint an hour to absorb before you cut off the strings. Let the bag dry.
7 Fix the paint with an iron set to cotton for 5 minutes (without steam) or in the oven at 150°C for 5 minutes. Make sure the bag does not touch the oven heating element.
8 Wash the bag separately the first few times.

Transform fabric bags into your own personalised shopping bags! These thin fabric paints produce the wonderful look of watercolours and are perfect for tie-dye and techniques in which the colours flow together. Tie-dye involves tying knots around the fabric before dyeing it. You can also choose to paint the bag with a foam rubber brush. Colours that flow together: Start by painting the bottom portion of the bag with the darkest colour. Spray with water and see how the colour runs. Leave some white in between, apply the next colour and spray with water. The paint will move upwards, so wait before adding more. Alternate colours and repeat until you are satisfied. Let the colour seep to the back, or paint the back the same way as the front. Let the fabric dry and then fix the paint.