This blog is a place to archive project processes and techniques from Painted Threads with descriptions of how work was produced. I am including comments that contain questions and answers pertaining to the work from many of the original blog posts.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Mixing RIT dye

These are some of my favorite color combinations I came up with when mixing RIT dyes.
These dye recipes are all mixed with one cup of water

Apple Green
4 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp dark green

Eggplant
3 tsp aubergine*
1/2 tsp black

Dark Olive
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp dark green
1/4 tsp black

Army Green
2 tsp golden yellow*
1 tsp Black
1/2 tsp dark green

Curry
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp purple

Pumpkin Spice
1 tsp tangerine
1 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp cocoa

Yellow Ochre
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp purple

Terra Cotta
1 1/2 tsp tangerine
1/2 tsp cocoa

Blue-violet/Periwinkle
1 1/2 tsp royal blue
1/2 tsp purple

More Colors
Orange Ochre
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1 tsp purple

Lime Green
2 tsp Golden yellow*
1/2 tsp Kelly green

Leaf Green
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp dark green

Mulberry
1 tsp purple
2 tsp fuchsia*

Violet
1 tsp purple
1 tsp royal blue

Olive Drab
2 tsp golden yellow*
1 tsp black

Wood Violet
1 1/2 tsp denim
1/2 tsp purple

Bronze
3 tsp sunshine orange*
1/2 tsp navy
1/4 tsp black

Light Olive
3 tsp golden yellow*
1/2 tsp black

Dark Terra Cotta
1 tsp tangerine
1 tsp cocoa

* powder dye
all other dyes are liquid dye
the liquid dyes are more concentrated colors than the powder

These dye recipes were used doing a low immersion dye method. See my article Quilting Arts magazine December 2008 issue.

9 comments:

Robbie Payne said...

Judy, thanks so much for info! I enjoyed your article in QA and have wanted to try the RIT dyes but I've been a die-hard Procion person...now I will experiement! Thanks again!

judi said...

Judy -
thanks for posting the recipes! I too use procion dyes, but will definitely try the RIT dyes thanks to you and your article in QA and these recipes!!!!
THANK YOU!
<3 judi

Vicky aka stichr said...

hummmmmmm.......I can see RIT dyes will be on our list for sure!

Verlon54 said...

Loved the article. Due to finances (not recession related) I have not been able to take Quilt/Art Classes so I learn by reading everything I can find - The Rit Dye article was a God send. I have two questions - Couldn't you set the dye with vinegar after washing and what is the best cotton batting to use. I can only find 80/20 in my area. Is 100% cotton batting necessary. Once again Thanks. (first time on a blog)

judy coates perez said...

Thanks Verlon54, I am glad you found the information helpful. I do not know about the vinegar but it makes sense.

I used warm and white for all my dyeing. The 80/20 will work but the colors may be a little less saturated, since the 20% that is polyester will not dye but the 80% that's cotton will.

Denise Felton said...

Fantastic! What a treasure! I've scheduled a link to this post to go live on my blog Monday morning (Central USA time), December 22. I hope it brings you a few extra clicks.

Denise
http://needlework.craftgossip.com

Cindy Cooksey said...

Judy,
You have fascinating blogs! Thanks for visiting mine, lucky me.
Cindy

Liz Harris said...

Judy,
These are great. I am mixing dyes for the first time to make a shower curtain and these helped alot!!!

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