This one's a little silly.
The water from preparing black beans always turns such a dark purple and I've wondered if it would make a good fabric dye. When I started making dinner last night I just grabbed a hopelessly stained shirt and tied it up with rubber bands.
This first photo is before I poured the second half of the black water in. I let it soak for about three hours. And here is my tie-dye shirt after I rinsed and washed it. Cute, and you can't really find the stains any more. woo hoo!
That looks great! I am soaking black beans for tomorrow and plan on doing this as well, but for a long dye bath. Amazed at home much color was absorbed on only three hours. Just 2 questions for ya. Was your dye bath hot or cold? How did it hold up in the wash?
ReplyDeleteI did it on the stove, thinking that it would need heat to "stick" at all. That second pic was after I washed and dried it the first time. It did continue to fade for the next few washings but I was still impressed with how much of the color did stick. It made this "hopelessly stained" shirt last another couple of years. The tie-dye effect still completely camouflages the stains. It otherwise would have become a rag.
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