DIY – Make custom-dyed ribbon from rayon seam tape
Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Gail Yellen in Blog
Sometimes a great embellishment idea is as close as your laundry cabinet. Am in the planning stages for making a Counterpoints black wool crepe jacket and want to use my “Un-beweavable” woven beaded ribbon technique. Didn’t have any hand-dyed black ribbon but I bought a large spool of rayon seam tape a while ago and decided to experiment with a 5 yard piece.
Using the fine point end of the bleach pen, I drizzled the bleach randomly along the seam tape and let it work for about 15-20 minutes, then rinsed it and let it dry. The areas bleached out to an orange-y amber color.
I spritzed the ribbon with water and applied a variety of Tsukineko fabric ink colors (also randomly) with small paint brushes. If the color didn’t bleed enough, I gave the ribbon another spritz of water before the ink dried. The best features of Tsukineko inks are they don’t need to be heat set, dry very quickly and don’t change the hand of fabric. It’s fun to work with them.
Here’s the “hand-dyed” ribbon!
