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Tutorial: Dye buttons with fabric dye

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Tutorial: Dye buttons with fabric dye

Tutorial: Dye buttons with fabric dye

I have a pretty mighty button stash, but mostly my stash buttons are white.  That’s fine for some projects, but I never seem to have as any colored buttons as I’d like.  Turns out, your white buttons don’t have to stay white.  Jill from Fiberluscious shows how you can dye your buttons.  Boom!  Now you can have buttons in allll the colors!  There seems to be a lot of variability in how much dye the buttons will take, if any, depending on the material the button is made from.  But if you’re okay with some unpredictability, this looks to be a fun way to add some color to your button stash.  (No word on whether these are laundry safe, so I’d stick with using them for projects that won’t be washed.)

Click below for her tutorial:

How to Dye New and Vintage Buttons- Tutorial, by Fiberluscious

[photo from Fiberluscious]

Comments

  1. I dyed some plastic buttons with RIT dye a few years ago, and they’ve held up through the wash fantastically well… better than the dress I sewed them on!

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Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

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Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.