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My fabric swatches got soaked in a surprise downpour on Tuesday
I was walking back from the store with a bag of new linen samples when the sky just opened up. The colors ran together on three of my best picks, making this weird watercolor effect I actually kind of love. Has anyone tried intentionally dyeing fabric with a similar bleed technique?
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drew7062mo ago
Sounds like a happy accident to me.
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the_max2mo ago
But what if it wasn't an accident? What if they planned it that way?
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ray_burns602mo ago
Look at the outcome and work backwards. If the result is good for them, assume it was on purpose. I've seen this play out before where a "mistake" gives someone cover to do what they really wanted. You stop asking if it was planned and start asking what they gain from it being seen as an accident.
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Absolutely love what you're saying about the watercolor effect... that's exactly what happened with a batch of my old t-shirts I left out in the rain last summer. I had some plain cotton shirts I was testing for a project and they got drenched on the line, and the dye bled into these soft, hazy patterns I never could have planned. I ended up calling it a happy accident too, but honestly I've been trying to recreate that same look on purpose ever since with no luck. It's like nature just decided to do something better than I could have, and now I'm stuck chasing that spark. So yeah, I'd say run with it and see where the bleed takes you.
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