I'm dyeing nappies!

I'm dyeing my Popolini One-Size, Mothercare fitteds and various newborn fitteds blue, red and purple using Dylon machine dye. Stand by for photos...

Ooooooo can't wait to see
i have been thinking about dying some of mine but wasn't brave enough

Well, here we are. I've done it!







So I used Dylon machine dye in tulip red and ocean blue. I put some of each aside and mixed it together to get the purple. I probably could have gotten deeper colours if I had used the right ratio of dye to weight of fabric, but I was a bit stingy and didn't want to buy two packets of each.

When I did the red (which, to be honest, has turned out slightly on the wrong side of the border between red and hot pink ) I saw all the water drain out of the washing machine and it was still bright red, and I thought surely I could have dyed something else in that. So for the blue and purple I collected the water once it had drained out of the machine (which was a difficult and messy job I can tell you) and dyed the Mothercare fitteds and also a selection of randoms like prefolds and imse vimse flannelette nappies, which as you can see have turned out a much lighter shade, but still nice and even. Except for the randoms, which have dyed a bit patchy, but that was probably because they were a bit stained to begin with.

Anyway, I'm quite pleased with the result and it should make nappy changing just a little bit more interesting.

i like them they look fab

ooooh wow! DH has been complaining that our motherease look a bit grey (yes, really...), I might cut to the chase and just dye them.. they look really cool!

Thanks everyone! I'm glad you like them too. It's nice to be among people who appreciate these things. When I told my mum I was dyeing my nappies, she couldn't understand why you would want to do that.

They look fab!
Certainly a great way to revamp tired looking nappies or just for something new & fun!

(..... starts to ponder the 25 white/cream 'nursery' totsbots & LL fitted nappies in storage )

They look fab Much nicer than boring white.

Oh wow! They look awesome! Well done u!! Xx