1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,259 Here is what you're going to need. 2 00:00:03,259 --> 00:00:05,129 You're going to need the napkins that you want to dye. 3 00:00:05,129 --> 00:00:08,460 They should be a natural material, cotton, linen. 4 00:00:08,460 --> 00:00:11,720 And you should wash and dry them before you start dying them 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,240 because sometimes when things are manufactured 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,170 and you buy them from the store they have a kind of coating on them 7 00:00:17,170 --> 00:00:19,539 that prevents the dye from really being absorbed. 8 00:00:19,539 --> 00:00:21,140 So you want to just make sure that you've washed 9 00:00:21,140 --> 00:00:23,649 and dried them before you start dying. 10 00:00:23,649 --> 00:00:24,730 You're going to need your dye. 11 00:00:24,730 --> 00:00:27,390 There's a lot of different kinds of dyes on the market. 12 00:00:27,390 --> 00:00:31,320 I like to use the liquid dye because it dissolves really 13 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,479 beautifully in the hot water. 14 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,280 There's a lot of powder dyes and those work perfectly fine as well, 15 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,159 you just really have to make sure when you get 16 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,689 to the point of dissolving the dye in the hot water 17 00:00:40,689 --> 00:00:42,320 that you stir it really well. 18 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,789 Because if you think of sometimes making hot chocolate 19 00:00:45,789 --> 00:00:49,420 and stirring the powder and you come across those little pockets 20 00:00:49,420 --> 00:00:52,060 where the powder hasn't dissolved, powdered dye 21 00:00:52,060 --> 00:00:54,479 can be like that in your dye bath and that 22 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:58,200 will give you kind of streaks and blotches on your project. 23 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:00,539 So you can use those for sure and they really work, 24 00:01:00,539 --> 00:01:02,640 but you want to make sure that it's really well dissolved 25 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:04,120 when you get to that part. 26 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,000 You need some kind of tool to stir everything up together. 27 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,269 This is obviously something that will become dyed 28 00:01:10,269 --> 00:01:14,189 so you should not go on to use this when you're cooking in the kitchen. 29 00:01:14,189 --> 00:01:19,120 A scrap of fabric to test your dye color on and keep things tidy. 30 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,269 The paper towel is for that as well. 31 00:01:21,269 --> 00:01:25,450 You'll need salt to add into your dye bath, a pair of kitchen gloves 32 00:01:25,450 --> 00:01:26,700 you should use when you're dying. 33 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:29,180 I actually don't use them but you should. 34 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:33,060 They'll prevent your hands from turning all kinds of funky colors. 35 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:35,549 You'll need a pot to dye in and it needs 36 00:01:35,549 --> 00:01:38,819 to be big enough that when you dunk it to dye in it 37 00:01:38,819 --> 00:01:40,409 fits the width of your napkin. 38 00:01:40,409 --> 00:01:42,519 So I'm using this roasting pan here. 39 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,810 You also need access to a sink to rinse your napkins out 40 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:48,170 and then eventually you're going to string them up 41 00:01:48,170 --> 00:01:50,450 to dry and then put them in the tumble dryer 42 00:01:50,450 --> 00:01:52,230 so you'll need that as well. 43 00:01:52,230 --> 00:01:54,150 If you're going to stencil the napkins at the end 44 00:01:54,150 --> 00:01:56,250 you need a extra couple few things. 45 00:01:56,250 --> 00:01:58,060 To cut the stencils I use Mylar. 46 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:01,959 You can use acetate or others stencil material that you can find 47 00:02:01,959 --> 00:02:04,459 in the craft store, but I like Mylar and I'll talk more about that 48 00:02:04,459 --> 00:02:05,969 when we get to that point. 49 00:02:05,969 --> 00:02:11,259 You need textile paint, an Exacto knife, a stencil brush, and then 50 00:02:11,259 --> 00:02:15,490 various craft supplies for cutting out your stencils like scissors, 51 00:02:15,490 --> 00:02:19,810 a hole punch, pencil to draw with, painter's tape, and a paper plate 52 00:02:19,810 --> 00:02:21,669 to pour your paint into. 53 00:02:21,669 --> 00:02:25,379 And you should be wearing a grubby, or as my mom likes to say, 54 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:29,370 "grundunny" shirt that you don't mind getting some dye on.