SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
DIRECTIONS:
JOANN HACKS:
- White cotton bucket hat
- Patch of your choice
- Powder dyes in your choice of colors
- Scissors
- Fabri-Tac glue
- Ice
- Cooling Rack/Baking Tray
- Plastic Gloves
DIRECTIONS:
- Wash the white cotton hat and keep damp.
- Cover work area and place cooling rack over a tray.
- Bunch the damp hat and place on rack.
- Place ice cubes on top of the fabric.
- Sprinkle powered dye on to ice with a spoon.
- Allow the ice to melt completely.
- Wash in cold water to set the dye.
- Once air dried, center and glue patch in the center of hat.
JOANN HACKS:
- Depending on what patch you choose, choose your dyes to match.
- The ice dyeing technique works best on cotton fabrics
- If you use multiple colors of dye, leave some room in between where you sprinkle the powdered dye so the colors do not overly blend.