To use Dylon on baby clothes?

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Expecting a DD this autumn. She’s my second and I already have a DS who is almost 2. We don’t live in a very big house and had planned to have a larger gap between children so apart from some special bits that I really loved, I got rid of a lot of baby clothes and don’t have much left in 0-3, 3-6 or 6-9. Friends and colleagues have been so so so amazingly generous with hand me downs and I can’t possibly say no to them when finances are a bit tight with Covid etc. But it’s all so PINK! I don’t dislike pink, it’s fine. But I’m definitely not a ‘dress your little girl in head to toe pink’ kind of person. WIBU to get some fabric dye in a couple of different colours (purple and orange or similar to cover up pink easily enough?) and just dye a few tops, vests, leggings etc. So there is a bit of variety?

Has anyone tried this?

Don't bother with the dyes, just get a few sheets from primark and pop them in the wash together.

DS had a very pink wardrobe for a few weeks 😂

That sounds like a great idea.

It will probably be cheaper to buy another bundle of used baby clothes on eBay than all the different dye colours, then the effort of doing it and avoiding staining anything else. Or sell some and use the money to buy a few new bits of different colours to put with the pink outfits without overdoing it, baby clothes can be picked up cheap these days and they grow out of them too quick to worry about the colours

Do it!

But check the fabric composition first. Dylon works brilliantly on cotton or linen, but not for most synthetic fibres or wool. If it’s a mix, e.g. polycotton, it will dye a lighter shade.

I would stick to blue or red dyes, to cover the pink best. Should end up with a range of reds and purples. Don’t be tempted to aim for green, unless you really want sludge brown.

Once your Dd is here, you might feel differently about dressing her in so much pink. I'd leave them for now and see how you feel once she's here.

Don't - it won't work that well. The thread won't take the dye, so you will have slightly weird looking vests/tees etc with REALLY visible pink stitching all over! - wherever you can see threads. I tried it as I really really wanted some mossy green baby things. It looked terrible, though the dye bit actually worked well!

Dylon is also actually not madly cheap. You'll definitely be better off buying some second hand on ebay.