You can find the dye through Amazon (I have links in the post or you can click here) or local craft or fabric store.

If you’d like them approximately the color I dyed mine, go for a 1:1 ratio of Rit Dye Black and Rit Dye Navy Blue. If you’d like to go even inkier than the color I got to, go for a ratio of 2:1 with more black than navy. I did that ratio on another dye bath and I loved how dark the jeans turned out.

And don’t be nervous! It’s really easy, I promise. I find it’s easiest to do it in the washing machine and keep the machine agitating the whole time – re-set if you have to. If you can’t use a washing machine, you can agitate by hand but just make sure the dye bath is always being agitated because that keeps the dye from being splotchy.

And yes, just follow the method outlined in my tutorial and you’ll be golden!

Dye will stain your hands and surfaces, so be sure to wear gloves if you’re doing this by hand.

Dyeing is sort of no-risk because if for any reason it doesn’t turn out, you can always re-dye it again! Good luck!!

I’m going to attempt dying my Jeans, little nervous so I was hoping you can help me out 🙂 . They are a light blue, stretchy Jean material. I want to turn them into the dark classic navy colour. I’ve read some of the comments but I wanted clarity. What ratio of Rit Dye do you recommend? And do I follow the same method above?

I’m so happy to hear that your dyeing was a success! Thanks for sharing your tips.

I don’t currently have any jeans I dyed right now to check – this was so long ago and these jeans are since bit the dust because I wore them out – but the fabric should be dark on both sides – they will look like store bought indigo jeans. The dye typically penetrates both sides of the fabric, but they might be a bit lighter inside?

I’m so happy to hear about so many success stories! Thanks for taking the time to comment and let others know what steps worked for you, in case other people would like to try dyeing in a tub this is so helpful to have. I have had issues with dyeing in a tub and not agitating enough, but it sounds like this dark formula doesn’t cause any problems – so yay!! Hope you love your “new” jeans!