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Monday 29th October 2012

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Dylon v Procion MX dyes

Monday 29 th October 2012

Dylon versus Procion MX dyes

The most commonly available dye available in the UK is Dylon dye. It is excellent for dyeing clothes or household items like sheets and towels.
Dylon is a cold water dye which makes it very easy to dye large items in a bucket.
Also Dylon dyes, for simplicity of use already has soda ash mixed in so there is no measuring.
However this means that the tie dye has a slightly faded look to it as the Dylon already contains the soda ash which is the ingredient that activates the dye.

Why use Procion MX dyes?

 Procion MX dyes are often preferred by artists as they work fantastically well on any natural fibre such as cotton, silk wool etc.
Also as they can be used in squirt bottles, this allows greater control in placing the dye where you want to.

It also allows the mixing of different colours as opposed to dyeing in a bucket in one single colour.

 Procion MX dyes produce jewel-like colours which stay colourfast, do not run and can be washed numerous times. 

What a Square!

Dyeing small squares of fabric is an wonderful way of playing with colour. It is so much easier to control the flow of the dye on the fabric with small squirt bottles. 

Also one can try out so many different folding techniques.

I like to buy up vintage thick white cotton sheets (even better if they are ex hotel as they are good quality) and rip them into squares or oblongs. 

There are endless ways to be creative with them. I have covered notebooks with them, framed some pieces,cushion covers, ribbons, pillow cases, border strips, edging, patchwork, visible bias binding The possibilities are endless. 

The Art of Tie-Dye