Thanks very much for your help. Not having planned to take up leather
dyeing, and therefore not having researched it, I was not aware that I
had to deglaze the purse, dye it, then reglaze.
If you are dyeing the same item two different colors in different areas,
do you use masking tape or
Fran,
I don't know if this will be suitable for your use,
but I think you would have more reliable results if
you dulled down the entire purse with one color of
dye, say a medium brown, than trying to overdye two
separate areas.
If the dye you use is a red-brown, than you'll get the
duller,
Fran,
Also try: www.tandyleather.com
They are a U.S. company - the cosplay site is Canadian, so shipping
might be an issue (I'm assuming you're in the U.S.).
You will need to use a deglazer (page 2 of dyes on the Tandy site)
before dyeing - otherwise the dye will only sit on the surface and
