I use intense blue that I purchase on ebay. Remember that most blues can be used, you just need to use a very small amount and only soak for a short time.
I would cut a test square of sinamy, and add very small amounts of dye until you are happy with the colour. Bear in mind that the longer you leave the sinamay in, the stronger the colour
If it is a straw, dying would mean reblocking. You can spray paint with any paint in light coats, let each dry between respraying, or it will get too damp and loose its shape
You would be better buying black flowers, you would need to have extremely hot water to dye them, and they would only go grey not black, and of course loose all shape. It is very hard to spray and get the whole of the white covered
Hello 👋🏻 hope You don’t mind if I pick your brain. I have a hat that I think is made from this material, it is cream but is it possible for me to dye it Scarlett or would I completely ruin the hat? Thankyou 😊
Thanks Sara lovely video..
Back with another question!! If i need a pale blue, which colour procion dye would you use? Thanks
I use intense blue that I purchase on ebay. Remember that most blues can be used, you just need to use a very small amount and only soak for a short time.
Just bought some bubble gum pink procion dye, i need just a barely there pink shade. How much dye would you recommend adding? Thanks
I would cut a test square of sinamy, and add very small amounts of dye until you are happy with the colour. Bear in mind that the longer you leave the sinamay in, the stronger the colour
@@SHMillinery thanks so much, your tutorials are the best!!!
What would you use for dying veiling? Thanks
Modern veiling is usually polyester or similar so you can only use rit-dyemore for synthetics.
@@SHMillinery thanks for your help
Is there a way of bleaching a pale sinamay colour pure white?
No, it will just turn straw coloured. You need factory to bleach and then dye white
@@SHMillinery OK. Thanks for getting back to me
Is the soda crystals same as baking soda?
No! Soda crystals are used for cleaning and laundry
@@SHMillinery thank you. Do you have a name you can recommend?
Hi I bought a white hat, but I want it more like a bone off white color what is the best way to dye this?or should I spray paint it, if so with what?
If it is a straw, dying would mean reblocking. You can spray paint with any paint in light coats, let each dry between respraying, or it will get too damp and loose its shape
Thank you so much that really helped me a lot❣️
Is it same process for straw?
Sinamay is straw, so yes this technique is for all natural straws
Hi Sara, how can i change the colour of white synthetic flowers to black? Dye or spray paint?
You would be better buying black flowers, you would need to have extremely hot water to dye them, and they would only go grey not black, and of course loose all shape. It is very hard to spray and get the whole of the white covered
@@SHMillinery
Thank you Sara
I would love this so I can use some where can I find sinamay
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By processing it seems that it goes a lot of water.....you tend to loose the starch, how do resolve this?thanks
I'm often surprised how stiff the material remains, but I can always restiffen when working with it.
Thank you so much! This was a big help!
You have beautiful hands
Hello 👋🏻 hope You don’t mind if I pick your brain. I have a hat that I think is made from this material, it is cream but is it possible for me to dye it Scarlett or would I completely ruin the hat? Thankyou 😊
Hi, dyeing it would mean it would get wet and completely loose its shape, so it would need re blocking. Hope this helps
@@SHMillinery yeah I thought that would be the outcome, thankyou for taking the time to reply!
Thank you Sara ... I learnt a lot from your video. I have one question ....How much hot water was in the bowl in the sink. E.g. 2 litres
Hi Judith, as I only had half a metre of sinamay, yes it was about 2 litres, enough to cover. I dispense with the bowl if doing larger amounts.
Hi, Thank you. Intriguing. Yours, Ann
Hello mam, can i spray paint sinamay if i dont have dye?
yes you can , but be careful to do light coats, and on darker sinamay, you can't spray it paler very successfully
@@SHMillinery Thank you so much
Thank ❤