Last week I stumbled upon a post about ice dyeing.  Honestly, I had never even heard of this before.  It looked pretty easy and the results were beautiful.  Unfortunately, the one store I went to only had liquid dye (powdered dye was suggested), so I changed up the tutorial sightly…but I think the results come out great!  🙂

Here’s what I used:  liquid Rit dye and a pre-made pillow cover from the craft store, ice and a blow dryer.

I used a pillow cover that was made from drop cloth material, so I found it best to wet the fabric first.  Just make sure you ring it our really well.  If you are using cotton , you might be able to skip this step.

I poured a small amount of the dye onto the fabric, then used a piece of ice to spread it out.

To give the edges a more watercolored appearance, I just fanned out the dye with the ice.

On the photo below, you can see where I put ice down and used the blow dryer to melt it.

This little project was a lot of fun, but if I do it again I would put the dye into a bottle with a nozzle.  It would make applying a small amount a lot easier!

I would also suggest, if you try this, to start with the lightest color first, then gradually get darker.

When I finished the design, I put it outside in the sun to dry.  To make sure the colors set, I also threw in in the dryer for about 20 minutes on the hottest setting.

AND to keep it real, here’s what the un-cropped photos look like! 😉  This room is always covered in Legos.  My youngest loves to create!!