Today's random DIY question

[cupcake_goth]

So, there's this red & white striped skirt I made back in November, and have worn ... once. I think.

Candy cane skirt I made Red & white striped poly satin skirt.

I am thinking about tossing it in a dye bat of Rose Pink RIT (my preferred pink dye), so it would be a red & pink striped skirt. (Yes, I know that this fabric will take dye.) What do you think, oh LJ Hivemind? Should I do that, and would I wear the skirt more often if I did? Or should I just sell the skirt off, and put money toward boooooots?

Comments

[savannarama.livejournal.com]

Dye it!

Pink & red stripes are under-appreciated and therefore not overdone.

[carpe-jugulum.livejournal.com]

Boooooots. Boots!

[girlgoth.livejournal.com]

Dye it! If you use a cooler based pink, you'll either come up with a cool red and pink that will match, or a deep dark pink and lighter pink that will match. It's a win-win! :D

And then if you don't like it, sell it. ;D

[ms-tate.livejournal.com]

Dye it!

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

Do you have a scrap of the fabric you can dye and see what kind of results you get?

I like red and pink together, but boootss... also very cool.

[stroppy-baggage.livejournal.com]

I'm in the "sell it" camp. If you haven't worn it much, changing the white to pink still won't make it likelier to be worn than all those black & pink striped skirts you have.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

dye *bat*? 0.o

but yes, dye it. You will enjoy it a great deal. You can always make another to sell, if you have more fabric. also... now that your tour is winding down to being home again, I shall get you that number.

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

I think you should use Dharma Trading Company (http://dharmatrading.com/html/eng/3796-AA.shtml?lnav=dyes.html)'s Procion dyes instead of RIT--they are SO MUCH better, and cost about the same.

And yes, red and pink together ought to work very well on you.

[noxenlux.livejournal.com]

boots!!!!

FLUVOGS HELLO!

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

Sell it, you don't want a red & pink stripped skirt, you do want boots.

[euterpe35.livejournal.com]

I agree with this comment :-)

[ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

Yarp!

[torreybird.livejournal.com]

I agree with domestinatrix, but have another thought: have you considered dyeing it gray, so that you'd have dark red/grey stripes?

[marchwarden23.livejournal.com]

You want boots more than a red and white (or pink) skirt. SELL!

[paprykaspice.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say boots, dear.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Pink & red! Pink & red! Pink&redpink&redpink&red!

[my-poison-apple.livejournal.com]

Boooooooots!

[ozitonaranjo.livejournal.com]

Sell it and buy boots!

[bijouxdejais.livejournal.com]

i'd sell it. this way you don't have to make any changes to it, someone else will like it as is, and you can have funds towards those fluevogs of destiny!

[alluryth.livejournal.com]

Sell it to meeee...

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

::raises an eyebrow::

Really? Let me check the waist measurement on it and get back to you.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Sell!

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

Boots.

[javagoth.livejournal.com]

Sell it for the boot fund.

[angldst.livejournal.com]

Dye it pink and/or grey and sell it to me if the first taker doesn't want it for some reason! I can alter!

<3

-d

[wickedsnicket.livejournal.com]

Going to echo the majority of the hivemind and say BOOTS!