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Stitching & Crafting Room:  Best recipe for making prim grubby cloth?  |
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Annika
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Annika
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abbasgurl
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Rhonda
USA
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 Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 12:10:15 PM
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Annika,
There are as many way to do this as there are primitive artists. Experiment with tea, coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, inks, dyes......................you get the idea. If you google the subject you will get LOTS of ideas!
I personally don't like to start with white or cream color cloth, ever. I dye everything with Rit tan then age as I am putting things together. I like to age dolls at the end, after stuffing & assembling.
Rhonda
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Annika
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Annika
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debinmtns
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Debi
Hope
Idaho
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Posted - Mar 05 2008 : 9:58:22 PM
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Go throw it out in the farm yard for awhile and then wash it and then give to your husband to wipe his hands and let him not to get it dirty... Actually my favorite is to polish the furniture and wash it and then tea dye it, and sometimes I boil it with a cinnamon stick. Then if it get to dark, i will lighten it up lemon juice.
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nelia48
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Cora
Spring Hill
FL
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 2:11:26 PM
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I don't like starting with white or natural either. I like it a little darker. You can now buy muslin that looks like rit dyed tan.
I dampen my fabric and wring it out good. lay out flat. Then I sling a mixture of walnut stain, vanilla and coffee on it. It bleeds into the fabric. I then lay it out on cookie sheets and bake it at 250 degrees. Don't leave the room and make sure you don't go higher than that.
When dry, take it out. I then have a fine spray of walnut stain and I spray it with that. This leaves tiny dots of a darker stain.
Cora
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farmgirl blessings
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Lea
TN
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 8:15:56 PM
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I love coffee and vanilla. For a small piece of fabric, I mix 1 cup of hot water, 1 tbsp instant coffee, 1 tsp vanilla. I immerse the entire piece in the coffee mixture and then wring it out really good and let dry naturally on the line.
If you have a large piece of fabric: use 1 C instant coffee, 1/4 cup vanilla, 2 quarts of boiling water. Add fabric and let soak until water cools. Wring it out and hang it out to dry.
You can use very strong tea as well, but it is much more subtle. Nice but not so dark and I like dark!
I've never used the walnut stain, but I've heard all sorts of good things about it. I just never got around to ordering any.
Of course, you can experiment and add cinnamon to the mixture for a really extreme prim grungy look and a delightful smell! Or you can just get crazy and add all sorts of spices.
Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Blessings, Lea
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therusticcottage
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Kay
Vancouver
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 8:25:46 PM
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Coffee and vanilla is my favorite too. If I want something a little more vintage looking I'll use tea. I keep a mason jar in the fridge with my mixture and when I'm doing small projects I just fill a spray bottle and spritz. If I do a whole piece of fabric I do like Lea does. I start with natural muslin but I don't like the real dark prim look.
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farmgirl blessings
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Lea
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Posted - Mar 07 2008 : 8:29:39 PM
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Great idea, Kay! I need to keep my leftover mix in a mason jar too. Mine usually goes to waste if it sits out too long. Thanks for the tip!
Blessings, Lea
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Annika
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farmgirl blessings
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therusticcottage
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mommom
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Posted - Mar 08 2008 : 10:27:47 AM
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| Not that I would ever dye muslim material for a doll using this unless I was making a martian, but ever see the beautiful color in the pot when you're done cooking asparagus? I have one window in my bathroom that I think a muslin/asparagus tint curtain might look pretty nice for a change of pace. What do you all think? Susan |
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Annika
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whosiesandwhatnots
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becky
bountiful
utah
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Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 9:39:14 PM
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i took a class from Blackbird designs and they dye alot of fabric...she says the tea and coffee and such have a tanic acid. they say that this eats the material in 100 years (like i'll be around for that).i haven't looked into that and all, but what they use is Rit Dye TAN. this comes in a bottle and is a liquid form. you can use whatever ammount you like. put some in dip and check, add more and dip some more if you need it darker. it has a lovely antiquing effect. you might want to check that out. i did some this morning and it worked out really well. i just let it sit for a while, rinsed and then threw it in the dryer to set it. It does dry lighter than it looks wet, just to give you a heads up. I found that rit bottle at Joannes, but i think you can get it at walmart too.
i think tomarrow i'll post some pictures of the dyed fabric on my blog. you can check them out if you would like. give you an idea of what they looked like. i don't have any befores, just afters. The consentration though allows you to chose the strenght and darkness which i find a little nicer. and same as tea dyes, if you want it a little washey or batiked you can fold the fabric and then put in water so the creases don't get the dye. i think you get the idea. enough blabbering!!! good luck
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abbasgurl
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Rhonda
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Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 9:50:10 PM
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"What Becky said"...my MIL, who is an heirloom quilter, tells me not use food items to stain nicer pieces. I don't use tea/coffee on things I "hope" will last longer than I do.  I use Rit all the time. You can add a drop or two of Rit black to get a darker color too.
Also, I have noticed that vanilla leaves things slightly sticky and gives it a sheen. I'm not crazy about that look, so I don't normally include that when aging items.
Good info Becky!
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whosiesandwhatnots
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becky
bountiful
utah
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Posted - Mar 12 2008 : 2:36:41 PM
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just a heads up. i posted those pictures. sorry there isn't a before and after. i had never thought about the black, i might have to get me some!! watch out...addiction of dying will follow you!!! all the fabric is looked at with different eyes. good luck!
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