MaulMaus
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Yikes... you're making me go back through my piles of stuff! I wrote down my base coloring on the back of one of the scraps of leather - but it's kinda hard to read now. It was fairly close to ZIA's if I remember correctly.
1 1/2 tsp Cordova
1 1/2 tsp Red
2 1/2 tsp Blue
2 tsp Purple
4 TBSP Solvent
I know it seems like a lot of blue/purple - but there is a reddish/yellowish tint to the leather used on the skirt. I did end up altering it some more as I went along, but I dont' remember exactly what I did... I'm sure I added more solvent as I went along though - and probably a bit more Cordova ???? Be sure to check the tone of the dried piece against a scrap of the fabric - nothing can clash like purple tones if they are off! Once you find a color you like you can vary it by applying more or less to each piece of the leather, several layers or whatever.
I'm gonna have to get some pics posted of the pieces I've finished to show you what I mean on that.
Also I used an airbrush to apply the dye - but I think it could be done with daubers or dunked and still look good. Just be sure you mix enough dye to do the whole skirt... not that I would know about having only 1/2 a skirt done or anything...
Edit:
This is a picture of that piece of leather (complete with other dye splotches) next to a piece of the fabric and a sample of the vest color I was trying to use on the lambskin.
This picture shows what a difference you can make by varying how much dye you put on the leather - it's all from the same dye batch, just with the darker ones I went over it heaver with the airbrush and perhaps a second or third time.
1 1/2 tsp Cordova
1 1/2 tsp Red
2 1/2 tsp Blue
2 tsp Purple
4 TBSP Solvent
I know it seems like a lot of blue/purple - but there is a reddish/yellowish tint to the leather used on the skirt. I did end up altering it some more as I went along, but I dont' remember exactly what I did... I'm sure I added more solvent as I went along though - and probably a bit more Cordova ???? Be sure to check the tone of the dried piece against a scrap of the fabric - nothing can clash like purple tones if they are off! Once you find a color you like you can vary it by applying more or less to each piece of the leather, several layers or whatever.
I'm gonna have to get some pics posted of the pieces I've finished to show you what I mean on that.
Also I used an airbrush to apply the dye - but I think it could be done with daubers or dunked and still look good. Just be sure you mix enough dye to do the whole skirt... not that I would know about having only 1/2 a skirt done or anything...
Edit:
This is a picture of that piece of leather (complete with other dye splotches) next to a piece of the fabric and a sample of the vest color I was trying to use on the lambskin.
This picture shows what a difference you can make by varying how much dye you put on the leather - it's all from the same dye batch, just with the darker ones I went over it heaver with the airbrush and perhaps a second or third time.
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