If you're anything like me, you have a stack of jeans in your closet waiting for a pair of legs to walk them around. Yet you always grab for that same, familiar pair. I still have a favorite pair of American Eagle's from HIGH SCHOOL, and that would also be the story of these obscure name-brand skinny jeans I purchased last fall at Francescas.
I've worn them in the snow with knee boots, with sandals and tank top, and with heels and button down. I've worn them so much that the color has worn right off them.
In the hopes of wearing them a little bit more + saving money instead of buying a new pair, I found a new friend:
Rit Dye is super cheap (we're talking under $5), comes in a plethora of fun colors and can be purchased at Michael's or on their amazing website. So, take one more look at the faded version of my favorite jeans before I walk you through their hue-enhancing transformation!
There are multiple ways to dye clothing. You can dye in your washing machine, on the stove top, in a laundry sink, or like I did, in a *clean* mop bucket.
All you do is pour the dye contents as well as a kettle full of boiling water into the bucket where the jeans, which have been dampened, eagerly await.
Then, with gloved hands, continuously twist, turn and spin
the contents like a manual washing machine.
Be careful, the water's H-O-T!
Continue for about 20 minutes or until the dye looks like it has fully seeped into the fabric.
Rinse with warm, then cold water in a sink until the water flows clear, free of dye.
Wring out, wash on normal cycle (cold water) in washing machine, line dry and voilà.
A "new" pair of favorite jeans from just a few bucks and two hours' worth of ingenuity provides endless personal satisfaction. I wish you all the best with your dying endeavors. I'm pretty confident this is just the first of many more for me.
