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Dyed Baby Onesies

by JOANN |

Item # 522117185P60
Beginner 3-5 Hours

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

  • 3 Baby onesies
  • Rite Dye: teal blue, taupe, chocolate brown
  • Plastic gloves
  • Rubber band
  • Plastic garbage bags

DIRECTIONS:

BROWN ONESIE:

  1. Lay garbage bags on a flat surface.

  2. Lay dry onesie on top of the garbage bag.

  3. Dilute the taupe and chocolate brown together to make a medium brown.

  4. Bunch the first onesie vertically to make strips. Using a cotton rag or paper towel to lightly apply the dye to the onesie, allowing the white to show in the folds. Let it set for about 2 hours. Rinse until clear and wash as you normally wash clothes.

HALF AND HALF ONESIE:

  1. Mix the teal diluted to the shade of your choice. Dip the top half of the onesie into the dye bath. Repeat the dipping until you get the shade you want. Lay it on a flat surface and let it set for about 1 hour. Rinse the top half until clear (do not let water run onto the bottom half of the onesie).

  2. To dye the bottom half, mix the dye of taupe and chocolate brown. Dip the bottom half of the onesie into the dye bath until you have made it the shade you desire. Lay it on a flat surface and let it set for 2 hours. Rinse the bottom half until water runs clear.

  3. Wash the onesie as you normally wash clothes.

CIRCLE BANDED ONESIE-

  1. Mix a dye bath with the teal blue and dilute to the shade you want. Add a tiny bit of tan to the mixture to reduce the brightness of the teal.

  2. Wet the onesie and wring out the excess water. Take one rubber band for each circle and pull up the T-shirt wrapping a rubber band around it to create the circles. Place the onesie completely into the teal dye bath. Keep it in until you reach the shade you desire. Rinse until water runs clear. Let it rest for about an hour. Remove rubber bands and let it dry. Rinse as normal.

JOANN HACKS:

  • Don’t rush this project. On the Half and Half dyed onesie, roll the white part that isn’t dye yet so that as you dip it, you can hold onto the rolled part to keep it evenly across the onesie. If you don’t want the dye to bleed down the shirt, lay the wet part (recently dyed) on a reclining surface so the dye runs downhill instead of going upward into the white undyed area.

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