Dip-dyed Overdye Dress

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3. Shake, measure, and mix ¼ cup Tangerine dye + ¼ cup Sunshine Orange in 1 gallon of very hot water. Add 1 cup of salt and stir to mix well. Note: If water is not hot enough (140º F), heat water in the microwave or a tea kettle.

4. Wet dress and squeeze out excess water. Immerse the very bottom of dress in dye bath for 5-10 minutes. This dress had a horizontal pattern, so I held it level with one section of the pattern to create a distinct stripe.

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5. Then dip the middle section of dress in dye bath for about 2 minutes. Again, hold it steady at one level for the second stripe.

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6. Then, lower the dress in dye bath to about the chest, leaving it in the dye just long enough to achieve a very light shade across this top section. Remove fabric from dye bath and wring out excess dye.

Note: For an ombre gradient effect, you would would move the fabric in small dipping motions and gradually dip further and further. This will give you a nice gradient effect opposed to distinct lines of color blocking.