Although we sell a lot of fabric to help you create a brand new garment from scratch, you may find from time to time that you simply want to revamp or revive an existing garment and we have the perfect range in our Haberdashery department that can do just that; products from Dylon. No matter if you want to add a new lease of life to some lingerie that has faded over time or want to update a favourite jumper with a new colour, Dylon has the product for you. Dylon was founded by Peter Samuel and Luca Purbeck in Central London in 1946 when they first started selling a selection of colourful dyes from a garage. Originally called 'Dyes of London', the brand name was shortened to Dylon and has now been a global company for over 70 years. It is the most well known brand for clothes dyes and here at Calico Laine we stock the whole range including dyes for dyeing any natural fabric in the washing machine or in a bucket, colour removers and fabric paints and pens. The best selling Haberdashery products from Dylon are their clothes dyes which can be used to update something that may have had for a while but needs a bit of a change of colour to make it feel different or alternatively it can be used to create pattern on something plain for example tie dying a white tshirt or dip dying a skirt. Dylon dyes can only be used with natural fibres. The machine dyes are ideal for giving colour to cotton and linen however if you have more delicate fibres such as wool or silk, the hand dyes are perfect. Dyes need to be set with salt to ensure that the colour stays and does not wash out. Dylon have now produced machine dyes which include the salt so that you simply have to put the dye in the drum with your clothes and hey presto! With the warm water dyes, the salt needs to be dissolved with warm water and added to the cold water dye. Dylon also produce a number of fabric paints and pens which are great to use with kids as a fun craft project, either using them to decorate and design bags or tshirts, cushions or pencil cases. They are easy to use and can be ironed to set the colours. Dylon is a trusted Haberdashery brand and can be relied upon when you have had a washing disaster. If you find that your have washed a dark coloured item in with some light coloured clothes and it has ran then do not worry as their 's.o.s colour run remover' may just be the thing to save you. This product removes most colour runs and will bring white and coloured items back to their original colour. Another similar product to this is the 'colour catcher' which will help you prevent colours running to begin with and is a small sheet that is just put into the washing machine drum to 'catch' any colour run meaning you can wash all different colours together. If you are looking to revive white lingerie, t-shirts, shirts or net curtains, Dylon also product net curtain whitener and ultra whitener which will brighten any greying or dull white items.