For my next trick, I'm going to turn this wolf/husky... Into a thylacine.
First, we unstuff the unsuspecting victim...
Then we get the Broth prepared. This is sandstone Rit dye for artificial fibres. We want this to be below but close to boiling so we don't damage the plush fibres. I have no idea what 200F means but the packet was American so I switched my thermometer to F.
Wolf soup! This is my first time dying a plush but I wanted to see if I could get a gradient on the nose and feet, so I'm keeping them out of the water. I also stitched some stripes on the back so we will see how they turn out...
Don't use your food cookware for this folks, this is an old pan I've used for dying model car seats before (don't ask).
Time to rinse this guy and give him a quick spin in the washer. It came out almost dry. I'm impatient so I just went ahead with a slightly damp plushie.
Rounded the ears, swapped the eyes, used alcohol markers for the markings! Thylacine! The tie-dye stripes didn't quite turn out but I like the effect. Tydylacine..
Gonna let him dry properly and he should fluff up good. The fur has remained nice and soft. Very peaceful. Very demure.
