Candy corn tights and t-shirt – easy to dye fall clothes

Candy corn tights and t-shirt – easy to dye fall clothes. Candy corn is not just for eating you know. In this house we wear it too. I like making my daughters clothing, well not actually “making” but dying and embellishing purchased or hand me downs. She asked me for a candy corn dress and I could not find a plain white dress to dye so I opted for a shirt and tights.  She was quite pleased.

Materials for Candy Corn Tights and T-shirt:

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• Rit Dye in Tangerine and Lemon Yellow
• White cotton tights
• White cotton t-shirt
• hot water
• covered work surface
• plastic gloves
• squirt bottle

Directions for Candy Corn Tights:

1. Prepare Lemon Yellow Rit dye according to manufacturers directions.  The hotter the water used the brighter the color.
2. Wash tights and t-shirt to removed any residue.  Remove from washing machine and dip in the heated yellow dye bath. Repeat for the shirt.  Squeeze to remove excess dye.
3. Fill a squirt bottle with heated orange dye and pour above the yellow.  Be careful of drips.  You will need to lay on a flat covered surface to dry.

Tips for dying:

• When dying fabric take care to cover your work surface and wear gloves.
• To enhance the color:  add one cup of salt when dyeing fabrics containing cotton.
• Wet the item you are going to be dyeing and add it to the dyebath.
• Stir slowly and continuously. The first 10 minutes are the most critical. Stirring helps to ensure an even color with no splotches.
• Keep the fabric in the dyebath for at least 30 minutes to ensure that the color takes fully.
• Rinse in cool water until rinse water begins to run clear.
• I like to tumble dry. Then wash in my machine. Run an empty cycle through your machine before you run a load with clothes.

I had to share a few more pictures.  And I love the expressionon this one.