Making Your Own Colored Elastic

RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by CJean (1) | (05/17/2008) Contact Use a brown (or color choice) permanent marker... stretch the elastic a bit as you color, with some scrap paper underneath to protect your table surface from marker damage. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post By mj rayhart (Guest Post) (05/15/2008) Use coffee, tea, beet juice, or onion skins boiled in water to dye the elastic. Vegetables make wonderful, colorful dyes. You certainly wouldn't have to worry about it coming off of the elastic plus it could come close to the tones in your wooden beads. Simply drop the elastic in one of the above solutions for several minutes to achieve the color tone, rinse in cold water and air dry. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by Linda O (3) | (05/08/2008) Contact The necklace will have little beads between the larger ones, thank you for this idea. Linda Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by kimhis (705) | (05/08/2008) Contact If the tea dye doesn't come out to the color you want, you can hide the elastic by putting a tiny bead between each of the main beads. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by Wendy from Oz (9) | (05/08/2008) Profile | Contact HI I'd try just steeping white elastic in a cup of tea. Rinse & let it dry in the sun after staining. Good luck with it. Wendy from Oz. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by Linda O (3) | (05/08/2008) Contact Thank you everyone. I think I will try dyeing with tea. Sounds about the safest and easiest. Smile, Linda Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by sheilamay (65) | (05/08/2008) Contact Years ago, I worked in a showroom and watched the clothing designers use both coffee and tea to dye samples for their lines before using the final fabrics. I have been using this trick ever since. It will not harm the elastic, just make sure you rinse it and let it dry before you use it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by joynchocolate (10) | (05/08/2008) Profile | Contact What about Rit dye? Carol Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by Jilson (136) | (05/07/2008) Contact I don't think tea or coffee would hurt the elastic at all--besides, you rinse it well after the dye bath, so it does not remain on the elastic. What a good idea you had! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post By londa (Guest Post) (05/07/2008) There's a great clear elastic made just for stringing beads, and it costs very little. My daughter and I have made many bracelets with it, and are real pleased with the way it blends in. You can find it at craft stores. Make sure you put clear nail polish on the knots before you trim off the extra. Report Spam or Abuse Request: Making Your Own Colored Elastic Post by Laurel_admin (380) | (05/07/2008) Contact When I sew or do crafts, I sometimes need elastic that matches my project. The less expensive discount elastic only comes in white, so I bought a pack of multi-colored permanent marking pens which I keep with my sewing supplies. It's amazing how well these work to "dye" the elastic. Simply stretch the elastic as far as you can (it's better if someone else does this for you) then color the stretched elastic with your felt-tipped permanent marker on the front and back. You can even make colorful stripes, plaids and polka-dots which are great for kids hair scrunchies and headbands. Next time you need a piece of red, navy or purple elastic, remember this handy trick! By Cyinda from Seattle RE: Making Your Own Colored Elastic I make patterns on linen for rug hooking. I learned the hard way that all markers are not truly permanent, especially red. Even name brand markers like Sharpie. Sadly, when you add water to them, they can run. Maybe you haven't had this happen to you, but I have. Just thought I would toss out a warning to you. I only use the black Rub a Dub by Sharpie now. This doesn't help you with colors though. (03/27/2008) By themuffster Report Spam or Abuse