Forest Fairy Costume Featuring Tie Dye

This tutorial will tell you how I made my Forest Fairy Costume using tie-dye. There is a video for more visual learners as well.  

This simple forest fairy costume tutorial has thousands of YouTube views for good reason. Not only is it relatively simple, but the end result is gorgeous. It’s also easy to customize to exactly what you are looking for.

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My friends and I decided to welcome fall with a little fall forest photoshoot. We bought these Renaissance dresses that are obviously not very fairy-esque. So I made them look a little more earthy using my tie-dye techniques. 

Materials Used to Create the Costume

• Chocolate Brown DyeMore
• Sandstone DyeMore
• Orange DyeMore
• Renaissance dress
• Fabric Scissors
• Dye pot

Video of How to DIY a Forest Fairy Costume

How to Make a Fairy Forest Costume

1. Start by wrapping your chemise loosely
2. Heat up your water to a boil and put about half of the bottle of your Sandstone DyeMore into the pot.
3. Wet the fabric and then place it in the pot. 
4. Let it sit for about 20 minutes. 
5. Remove from the water and rinse it out.
6. Add about half of the Chocolate Brown DyeMore to the dye pot. 
7. Refold your chemise a little bit tighter than before and place it in the dye pot. 
8. Remove the chemise and rinse.
9. I then added the rest of the brown and some orange to the pot. This time I folded some detail into the sleeve and bottom of the dress. I am not sure it made very much of a difference but it was fun. 
10. Place it in the dye pot for about 20 minutes then remove and rinse.
11. Now you are done! I didn’t actually run this through the washer, I just rinsed it really well and then let it air dry.
12. See below for how I did the top part of the dress. 

How I Dyed the OverDress

1. I first cut off all of the hems along the borders of the dress. This gave it a more earthy feel. 
2. After I did that I wadded it into a tight ball and put it in the dye that was prepared for the above steps. There was a whole bottle of chocolate brown, a splash of orange, and half of the bottle of sandstone. 
3. Remove from the dye pot after ten minutes and rinse. 

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Forest Fairy Costume Featuring Tie Dye

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 30 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 40 minutes

This tutorial will tell you how I made my Forest Fairy Costume using tie dye. There is a video for more visual learners as well.  

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Materials

• Chocolate Brown DyeMore
• Sandstone DyeMore
• Orange DyeMore
• Renaissance dress

Tools

• Fabric Scissors
• Dye pot

Instructions

1. Chemise:
2. Start by wrapping your chemise loosely
3. Heat up your water to a boil and put about half of the bottle fo your Sandstone DyeMore into the pot.
4. Wet the fabric and then place it in the pot. 
5. Let it sit for about 20 minutes. 
6. Remove from the water and rinse it out.
7. Add about half of the Chocolate Brown DyeMore to the dye pot. 
8. Refold your chemise a little bit tighter than before and place it in the dye pot. 
9. Remove the chemise and rinse.
10. I then added the rest of the brown and some orange to the pot. This time I folded some detail into the sleeve and bottom of the dress. I am not sure it made very much of a difference but it was fun. 
11. Place it in the dye pot for about 20 minutes then remove and rinse.
12. Now you are done! I didn't actually run this through the washer, I just rinsed it really well then let it air dry.
13. Bottom portion of the dress:
14. I first cut off all of the hems along the borders of the dress. This gave it a more earthy feel. 
15. After I did that I wadded it into a tight ball and put it in the dye that was prepared for the above steps. There was a whole bottle of chocolate brown, a splash of orange and half of the bottle of sandstone. 
16. Remove from the dye pot after ten minutes and rinse. 

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Now let’s look at how gorgeous these pictures are, shall we?