Ceremony - DIY Fabric Streamers

For our ceremony backdrop, we had seafoam, gray and pale red fabric streamers.

For the fabric, I used an old white bedsheet and bought a few white flat sheets from IKEA for only $3.99 each - way cheaper than buying fabric.

I used Jacquared iDye in Silver Grey to dye one of the sheets gray by following the simple instructions for the washing machine. 

The seafoam and pale red dye were a bit tougher, because I wasn’t able to find specific dyes for these colors. So, I bought a small bottle of liquid dye called Jacquard Dye-na-Flow in Emerald Green (seafoam) and Salmon (pale red). For each of the colors, I filled a 5 gallon bucket with a couple tablespoons of the dye, added water and tested the dye with a small strip of the bedsheet. I added more water and/or dye until I got the color I desired and dunked the whole sheet inside the bucket and swished it around until the it was an even color. 

I took them out of the bucket, wrung the sheets and hung them to dry. The pale red came out more pink then red, but by that time it was over 90˙F out and I was too hot and lazy to fix it.


After the sheets were dry, I ironed them and cut them up into strips about 3 inches wide (this step was the most painstaking part of the project). 

Lastly, I tied them in random order to some thick jute I found at a craft store and then we stapled the ends to the bark of the trees. 

(last photo by Stone Crandall Photography)

3 Notes February 3, 2012
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