Dyeing (note the spelling so you don't panic)

I'm making two black capes for a friend. I have looked all over town (try over a 45 mile radius) for the Tailor's Fine Quality Interfacing in black I always use. It's the Pellon Interfacing with long lines of fibers in it, holding it together longer. It also bonds better to fabric. I can never seem to get the regular interfacing to stay on- I get bubbles no matter what I do.
So, back to the search. During Sunday lunch I dragged the whole family of five into a fabric store, and my husband said,"why don't you dye it?" Well, for starters, the dye is $5 a bottle. But I have no other choice.

This is the same exact color you buy in the store. I cut out my pieces first, then hung them to dry after dying. Once it was almost dry, I went ahead and ironed it on, since I usually steam the pieces on anyway. Yeah! Then, left with all that fresh dye, we went through the house for any faded black clothes and tossed them in:

Yet another thrifty moment :)

While the interfacing was dying, I cut out my pattern:

when this happens, I pray there are no coyotes nearby and throw him outside.

The directions on the bottle (which I in general ignored) said Wear Gloves. I normally have extremely white fingernails. It took me way too long to figure out what was stuck under my nails was really that my poor nails are dyed a pale gray. I hope I don't have any emergency situations until this clears up or they will think I am cyanotic (spell check isn't getting this, but I know it's a word because I heard it on ER).