You can't make a fuchsia into a lighter pink, you''ll have to go darker, or at least toned down.
I would try some brown dye on it. Start with a smaller amount--you can always re-dye darker, if you need to. Why don't you just put in a label that says DRY CLEAN ONLY? Kim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of zelda crusher Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:29 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] OT-Over-dyeing wool melton You guys know wool better than any sewing list I belong to... I know that some of this has been covered previously, but I had no luck finding it in the archives (I am only semi computer literate). I have two questions about this fabric: http://tinyurl.com/5bwd3h 1) I am going to make a coat for my 16 year old daughter (some of you may remember I just did this last spring [http://laswa.livejournal.com/24074.html#cutid1]), but she wore it in the rain and her father's girlfriend threw it in the dryer and it shrank down too much to use. Sigh. Is it practicable to pre-shrink the fabric enough to prevent this happening again? And still have the fabric be usable (ie not wavy and weird to work with)? 2) The color is a little loud for even her, so I would like to overdye it, to perhaps one of these two shades. I know dyeing is always a bit unpredicatable, but how do I guess what color to overdye with to get what shade? http://tinyurl.com/5hbaw6 http://tinyurl.com/6f29yg Thanks so much, Laurie _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
