How to dye pillow cases using ice

You’ll have heard of tie dyeing but maybe not ice dyeing, this technique is easy and looks fantastic, check it out.

What you’ll need:

Plain pillowcase
Powdered fabric dye
Soda ash
Ice
Large container
Wire rack
Water

Instructions:

1. Fill a container with 3.8 litres of water and add 1 cup of soda ash and mix to combine.

2. Submerge your plain pillowcase in the water mix for 15 minutes.

3. Wring out pillowcase and tip out water.

4. Place a wire rack over your now empty container and place your pillowcase on top, spreading it out.

5. Cover pillow case with ice.

6. Sprinkle cold water powered cold water fabric dye in your design on top of the ice.

7. Leave to melt overnight.

8. Wash and dry the pillow case and it’s ready to decorate your couch or bed.

Watch the YouTube clip for video instructions:

This technique could be used to dye anything you wish to brighten up and they would make great gifts.

Have you tried ice dyeing? SHARE with us in the comments below.

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20 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 24 Jul 2021
    10:20 am
wow this looks awesome. Would be a fun thing to do with the kids.

- - mom81879 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    10:06 pm
The end result is stunning! No, I haven’t tried ice dying, but I think I need to give it a go

- - pakeko said
  - 03 Sep 2016
    8:53 pm
What a great idea look forward to trying it

- - mom134803 said
  - 18 Aug 2016
    7:50 am
Nice technique !

- - ella12 said
  - 17 Aug 2016
    11:26 am
This is all new to me but looks very interesting.

- - Bela said
  - 29 Jul 2016
    9:25 pm
What a cool looking end product (see what I did there?? )
Seriously though, it looks great!

- - mom160421 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    12:08 pm
My daughter learnt how to do this in textiles class at school. I’d never heard of it before then.

- - rovermum said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    10:36 am
Brilliant. The things I learn from this site never cease to amaze me. So many clever people connected by Mouths of Mums. thanks for sharing.

- - mum4107 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    7:30 am
That looks awesome. Something to try one day

- - mom67623 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    7:24 am
what a great idea and you could do it with white tshirts too, fantastic to try and will too. Or old white dress or pants and top new outfit to create without effort thanks

- - mom117082 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    6:49 am
This looks exciting 2 do

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- - mom62624 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    5:14 am
A great idea and the bright, beautiful effects look amazing; thanks for sharing!.

- - mom134803 said
  - 27 Jul 2016
    3:34 am
I LOVE the effect !
Had to google soda ash, never heard of it. Where do you buy it ?

- - mom101628 said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    11:09 pm
Looks like fun and the children will love doing it.

- - nealsq said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    10:24 pm
kids will love giving this a try!

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    9:15 pm
wHAT A FANTASTIC idea for jazzing up faded bed linen! I WILL HAVE TO TRY THIS ONE!

- - mom70876 said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    7:49 pm
Wow! That looks amazing!! Such a cool technique. Will have to give the kids a go. You could do this for anything really. NOt just pillowcases.

- - mom90758 said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    5:52 pm
It looks very good! And what a different technique!!

- - Melissa89 said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    4:16 pm
This looks like a lot of fun!

- - mom112217 said
  - 26 Jul 2016
    3:22 pm
A great way to make old pillow cases look interesting!