You can easily update old clothes with fabric dye. Dyeing old clothes is such a fun, creative , cheap and eco-friendly way to give old clothes a new life! So make your old clothes new again with fabric dye!
I used simplicol fabric dye which is so easy to use. You simply toss your clothes and the fabric dye into the washer. Then wait for the clothes to “wash” and your clothes are dyed. It’s almost like Christmas because you never know what color they turn out to be!
Most of the clothes I dyed were 100% cotton but I also dyed wool, silk, linen and polyester clothes. Dyeing silk and linen was successful, dyeing wool not so much. 😉 Read more about it below!
The pink and orange colors of the top turned into various shades of gray, green, purple and brown.
The hand-woven yellow cotton scarf turned green, while the turquoise embroidery stayed turquoise.
Years ago, I dyed this Victorian-style cotton skirt with sloe berries. However, I didn’t like the beige color, so I overdyed the skirt with teal fabric dye.
The pink flower on this T-shirt are still visible after the dyeing process.
I love how this hand-knitted sweater turned out!
I changed the neckline of the sweater before I dyed it.
Because I didn’t like the purple color, I overdyed the top again with teal fabric dye.
The apricot color of this cotton sweater turned into a grayish green.
Polyester thread was used for the embroidery on this top, so the pink embroidery stayed pink.
This beige 100% silk sweater turned into a beautiful shade of teal.
I thought this sweater is made of pure wool. However, only the yoke part is 100% wool and this is felted now after the dyeing process!
The yoke of this cotton T-shirt is obviously made of polyester because it stayed white.
Dyeing clothes that one isn’t so happy about anymore is such a great thing! I just updated (up-dye-ted?) some of my stuff, as well, and I love how yours turned out!
Thanks! I’m glad you like them! 🙂
hi!for the first result — pale pink to blue, is it 100% cotton? and what turqouise dye/brand did you use? and did you use a colour remover before or did you dye it and it popped out that colour? i know pink + blue turns purple sometimes. i have a cotton dress that is corally pink i’m trying to turn light blue, any advice?
Hi! 😀 Yes, it is 100% cotton. I used Simplicol fabric dye and didn’t use color remover before: it just turned out this color. But I also dyed some darker pink cotton clothes and the colors turned out purple and brownish gray: So your coral pink dress might probably be too dark to turn light light blue. Could you cut off a small piece of the dress – on the inside of the hem or a seam, or the sleeves or shoulder straps that you want to remove – and dye this sample to see what color it turns? 🙂