bobawife
New Hunter
I started working on building Boba Fett in April for my husband’s birthday in July and I haven't been as fast as I’d like but I’m finally making some progress. I have to accept that I’ll be gifting it incomplete and finishing it after with his knowledge but having him along for this adventure could very well become part of the excitement. I finished dyeing my flight suit and extra fabric to sew on the pockets, etc and wanted to explain my method and show photos and tips. Note: I did one for my brother as well so I was dying quite a bit of fabric and didn’t need to alter any measurements.
I used this recipe that I screenshotted off here, my apologies for not remembering the original poster. I changed my method slightly. I mixed and used these measurements, but make sure that when you’re mixing the colors and you think they’re blended, KEEP GOING. I thought I was thorough and still ended up with a few colored splotches on each flight suit from individual colors. I didn’t get the items wet beforehand. I used a section of PVC pipe as my stirrer since it was long. It also worked well to keep pushing down the bits of clothing that would float to the top of the dye mixture (watch out for that, it will make it uneven) and used it to lift out the items to check the coloring as it processed. Instead of air drying overnight, I tumbled dry air only (no heat) most of the way for the first round of dyes since I started it in the day and couldn’t do any dyeing the next day. I will say after the first round of dye my suits looked way too purple and even a little pink but it completely resolved with the second round so don’t be too afraid if you see that happening. I did the first bleach bath but after the second round of dye I liked my coloring so I opted to skip the second bleach bath. I did air dry the second round. These are photos of the same suit at the same time in different lighting. I want to show how drastic the color difference is in different lighting! It can be so confusing trying to find the right color when every photo and movie scene looks so different but rest assured, this is why!! I used Red Kap flight suits off of Amazon (the Kohls ones are awful for sizing reasons, don’t try them like I did.) The extra fabric I’m using for pockets is a pair of Red Kap pants, the sleeves I’m attempting to add from a cheap scrub top on Amazon but the fabric is a bit too different and dyed slightly more pink and purple even after much longer in the bleach bath so we’ll see how that goes. I’m not sure I recommend doing that. Now if anyone has any tips on sewing on the pockets and other flight suit add ons, let me know! That and finishing off my capes are the next steps
I used this recipe that I screenshotted off here, my apologies for not remembering the original poster. I changed my method slightly. I mixed and used these measurements, but make sure that when you’re mixing the colors and you think they’re blended, KEEP GOING. I thought I was thorough and still ended up with a few colored splotches on each flight suit from individual colors. I didn’t get the items wet beforehand. I used a section of PVC pipe as my stirrer since it was long. It also worked well to keep pushing down the bits of clothing that would float to the top of the dye mixture (watch out for that, it will make it uneven) and used it to lift out the items to check the coloring as it processed. Instead of air drying overnight, I tumbled dry air only (no heat) most of the way for the first round of dyes since I started it in the day and couldn’t do any dyeing the next day. I will say after the first round of dye my suits looked way too purple and even a little pink but it completely resolved with the second round so don’t be too afraid if you see that happening. I did the first bleach bath but after the second round of dye I liked my coloring so I opted to skip the second bleach bath. I did air dry the second round. These are photos of the same suit at the same time in different lighting. I want to show how drastic the color difference is in different lighting! It can be so confusing trying to find the right color when every photo and movie scene looks so different but rest assured, this is why!! I used Red Kap flight suits off of Amazon (the Kohls ones are awful for sizing reasons, don’t try them like I did.) The extra fabric I’m using for pockets is a pair of Red Kap pants, the sleeves I’m attempting to add from a cheap scrub top on Amazon but the fabric is a bit too different and dyed slightly more pink and purple even after much longer in the bleach bath so we’ll see how that goes. I’m not sure I recommend doing that. Now if anyone has any tips on sewing on the pockets and other flight suit add ons, let me know! That and finishing off my capes are the next steps
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