Dear Louise, I am planning to prepare fabric for sewing something. I would like to have a ground colour like maybe yellowish. If I prepare the fabric with soymilk and then for a next go ( fabric has dried, was stored) I will continue: does the soy binder still works or is it used up with that yellow? My thoughts are: can I just put the leaves on ( plain, or iron- vineger, or rust-water) or is it better to treat the fabric with soymilk again? I would like to make a dress with it.
Unfortunately I can not find soybeans, exept of soymilk. I know that you do not use soymilk from the store….but, may be someone has made an experience: does this milk has to be deluted?
Thanks for all your suggestions & Ideas.
If I get some nice results, how/ where could I post the fotos to?
Hello, yes you can dye the fabric and then eco-print over it, with just one layer of soy milk binder. You don’t need to treat it again. For this method, I usually dip fresh leaves in iron-vinegar and then place them over the dyed fabric. Yes, you need to dilute store bought soy milk. Dilute 1 litre of soy milk with about 4 litres of water. This will give you enough to prepare 400 grams of fabric. If you’d like me to add photos to our ‘Living Colour’ gallery page, please email them to me at: louise AT gumnutmagic DOT com I’d love to see what you are creating.
I try to repeat, to make sure about my understanding: I prepare the cotton as you describe in the course (several times soaking, drying, soaking drying… ) Then I dye the fabric in the dyebath. Then after it has dryed I put again one layer of soymilk binder bevore ecoprinting? Or how did you mean it with this omly one layer of soy milk binder?
Sorry if I confused you Brigitte. When I said one layer I meant you only need to prepare it according to the instructions once. So prepare the fabric as described, then dye it, then you can eco-print it. You don’t need to prepare it with soy milk again after dyeing it. I hope that it clearer now ?
Hello, finally I dyed my prepared fabric (aluminiumacetat and soymilk layers, it s for a dress..) I mafe yello with turmeric. After simmering I let it cool down in the pot. I let the powder in the dyebath because its to thin to filter it out. The I hanged the fabric to dry. Next: I washed ( only water) all the extra turmeric out…It was so much I could not all rinse out. Question: how about the soymilk and the mordant if I rinse the fabric? Will it not wash out? As I want to sew a dress I want to be sure the soy still works. The print of the fern did not come out well( on whol it does), the roseleaves could also be better ( On the test peace). I am afraid now that it will wash out when I wash it with washingsoap. Its hanging now to dry. Is the next step the wash?
Hello, yes the next step would be to wash it. Try to use a mild detergent – eco-friendly washing liquids are often a good choice. The soy milk won’t wash out if you have let the fabric cure for at least a few days, but preferably at least a few weeks before dyeing it. The mordant also shouldn’t wash out, because the process of heating and dyeing the fabric creates a chemical bond between mordant, plant dye and fabric.
Thank you! Ok first: mordant and Soj milk Second wait some time 3. Dye bath 4. Washing worh detergent And finally 5. Ecoprint with rost water or iron vinegre?
I mean first I wash the curcuma powder out with mild detergen and after this I can still do the ecoprint? Sorry for all my questionning, I noticed that I might have confused you with my way to write english ….
Yes those steps are correct. If you eco-print with the help of rust or iron vinegar, then it should be fine to wash the fabric first with detergent. But personally I would just use plain water. Wash til the water runs clear.
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Dear Louise, I am planning to prepare fabric for sewing something. I would like to have a ground colour like maybe yellowish. If I prepare the fabric with soymilk and then for a next go ( fabric has dried, was stored) I will continue: does the soy binder still works or is it used up with that yellow?
My thoughts are: can I just put the leaves on ( plain, or iron- vineger, or rust-water) or is it better to treat the fabric with soymilk again? I would like to make a dress with it.
Unfortunately I can not find soybeans, exept of soymilk. I know that you do not use soymilk from the store….but, may be someone has made an experience: does this milk has to be deluted?
Thanks for all your suggestions & Ideas.
If I get some nice results, how/ where could I post the fotos to?
Hello, yes you can dye the fabric and then eco-print over it, with just one layer of soy milk binder. You don’t need to treat it again. For this method, I usually dip fresh leaves in iron-vinegar and then place them over the dyed fabric.
Yes, you need to dilute store bought soy milk. Dilute 1 litre of soy milk with about 4 litres of water. This will give you enough to prepare 400 grams of fabric.
If you’d like me to add photos to our ‘Living Colour’ gallery page, please email them to me at: louise AT gumnutmagic DOT com
I’d love to see what you are creating.
I try to repeat, to make sure about my understanding: I prepare the cotton as you describe in the course (several times soaking, drying, soaking drying… ) Then I dye the fabric in the dyebath. Then after it has dryed I put again one layer of soymilk binder bevore ecoprinting? Or how did you mean it with this omly one layer of soy milk binder?
Sorry if I confused you Brigitte. When I said one layer I meant you only need to prepare it according to the instructions once. So prepare the fabric as described, then dye it, then you can eco-print it. You don’t need to prepare it with soy milk again after dyeing it. I hope that it clearer now ?
Yes , thanks so much Louise. I thought it was a missunderstanding of language. It is really cool how serious you do your job!
Hello, finally I dyed my prepared fabric (aluminiumacetat and soymilk layers, it s for a dress..) I mafe yello with turmeric. After simmering I let it cool down in the pot. I let the powder in the dyebath because its to thin to filter it out. The I hanged the fabric to dry. Next: I washed ( only water) all the extra turmeric out…It was so much I could not all rinse out. Question: how about the soymilk and the mordant if I rinse the fabric? Will it not wash
out? As I want to sew a dress I want to be sure the soy still works.
The print of the fern did not come out well( on whol it does), the roseleaves could also be better ( On the test peace). I am afraid now that it will wash out when I wash it with washingsoap. Its hanging now to dry. Is the next step the wash?
Hello, yes the next step would be to wash it. Try to use a mild detergent – eco-friendly washing liquids are often a good choice. The soy milk won’t wash out if you have let the fabric cure for at least a few days, but preferably at least a few weeks before dyeing it. The mordant also shouldn’t wash out, because the process of heating and dyeing the fabric creates a chemical bond between mordant, plant dye and fabric.
Forgot to write that I printed with leaves dipped in iron vinegar. I am afraid that the binder is gone after rinsing.
Thank you! Ok
first: mordant and Soj milk
Second wait some time
3. Dye bath
4. Washing worh detergent
And finally 5. Ecoprint with rost water or iron vinegre?
I mean first I wash the curcuma powder out with mild detergen and after this I can still do the ecoprint?
Sorry for all my questionning, I noticed that I might have confused you with my way to write english ….
Yes those steps are correct. If you eco-print with the help of rust or iron vinegar, then it should be fine to wash the fabric first with detergent. But personally I would just use plain water. Wash til the water runs clear.