Wrap-and-Dip Technique for Dyeing Fabric

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Folded and wrapped fabric is ready to be dipped.

David Page Coffin

This fabric was produced by folding accordion style and wrapping between two pieces of wood.

David Page Coffin

FAbric was folded into a long, narrow bundle and wrapped with string to produce this pattern.

David Page Coffin

Folded and wrapped fabric is ready to be dipped.

Photo: David Page Coffin

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by Lois Ericson
from Threads #72, p. 66

Tying or clamping fabric with string so that portions are held loosely while others are very tightly squeezed is a good way to form a partial barrier against bleach penetration when the wrapped fabric is submerged in a bleach solution. Clothespins, paper clips, and rubber bands provide other wrapping/clamping options. Weights (clean stones, full plastic bottles, and so on) may be necessary to hold wrapped pieces completely submerged while bleaching.

In the photo at left are several lengths of folded and wrapped fabric, including an accordion-folded fabric sandwiched between pieces of wood (finished fabric in middle photo), and a long, narrow bundle that's simply folded fabric wrapped with string (finished fabric in photo at right).

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jessinreallife writes: Did you dip the string in bleach and then wrap it around the fabric?
Posted: 3:12 am on February 17th

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