Dip Dyed Rope Bowls

 I did a little experiment last week. I bought some liquid Rit dye from the grocery store along with a bottle of the Rit dye Color Fix. I followed the directions on the bottles and dip dyed a sewn bowl and some loose rope.

Here is the bowl before dyeing.

I used an old bucket to set the bowl and loose rope in with the dye. Then I set them in the sun in my backyard to dry.

Here is what the bowl looks like after it dried. 

Then I made another bowl with the dip dyed loose rope.

On this bowl I tried out a different finish than I've used before. I just finished the bowl then cut a 1.5" by 3" piece of cork and folded it over the end of the rope. I made sure it was evenly folded over the edge and topstitched it down.

I'm not a big fan of dyeing fabric myself. I love the finished product but don't really enjoy the dyeing process personally. Dyeing rope is about the same, but much easier than the methods I have tried for dyeing fabric. It took about 2 hours of dyeing time, most of which was spent waiting. I would guess there was an actual 30 minutes of true work during the 2 hours. Then it took a few more hours of drying time, again, no actual work, just waiting patiently to handle my dyed stuff.

But wow, I love how both of them turned out!

If you would like to try this out and you can't get the supplies locally, I do have all of the rope, rope kits, and a rope sewing book listed for sale on my website.

Rope Sewing Supplies from Alamosa Quilt Company