Thread: Creepy Cloth !!

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I decided to make my own creepy cloth this year ! I bought cheesecloth and black dye at Wal Mart in the craft section. I followed the directions on the package and used an old bucket.You might want to wear gloves so that you don't get dye on your hands ! Use hot water and don't forget the salt !! It helped the dye adhere.I just dropped the cheesecloth in whole and let it sit for a half hour.I rinsed it in cold water until the water turned clear then opened it up and dried it on the line.After drying,I stretched it every which way and put holes in it.I must say it turned out great.I know that you can buy this stuff in the stores but they are usually too short and I needed a longer piece.You can't have too much creepy cloth ! LOL Happy Hauntings

gotta picture?

Looks great! Youre right, can never have enough of it! I love that stuff!

I need to try that! Dying always scares me - but yours looks great, so maybe I'll attempt this. Thanks!

Looks terrific! Thanks for this

I'm glad you posted this Terra. It just seems like a given to me for some reasons. I've never understood buying Creepy Cloth when all it seems to be is dyed cheesecloth. I've never bought any for that reason. I just bought cheesecloth & dyed it with black tea for a brown cloth I wanted for something.

Cheescloth is pretty cheap, so is the dye & since cheesecloth isn't a synthetic fabric it will take the dye better than a polyester fabric. And a whole bucket of dye will dye yards of cheesecloth.

You can get cheesecloth at fabric stores like Joanns & grocery stores. I picked some up last week at the grocery store because they had a BOGO sale on it. That usually when I pick it up there.

I got in on a great, cheap cheescloth buy last year here. Someone like Joann's had it on sale for some crazy cheap amount like 50 cents a yard or something, someone posted a link & I've got tons of it.

Somewhere.

Haven't gone through my stuff for it yet.

Oh, didn't make this. It was misterhalloween.

We get coloured creepy cloths at dollarama for $1 Lime green, orange, purple and black, I suppose if you wanna use different colour dyes for longer cheesecloths you could really go to town heh heh. multy colours are great for added colour in your theme.

Originally Posted by Terra

Oh, didn't make this. It was misterhalloween.

One day I will actually backread properly!!

Well then thank you misterhalloween!

oh cheesecloth...I don't know what I would do with out it. I dye it, rip it and use it on everything. Some day I would like to try beef netting too.

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