Long Time No See and a Oopsy

So as usual I have been horrible about posting, but I intend to turn over a new leaf (for real this time). I have a bunch of exciting projects planned for this summer. I have also gotten more into sewing and will hopefully be showing some of those projects very soon as well.

But first just a little mishap in my decorating world. I am almost done decorating our living room to where I would like it to be. Just need to complete a few more projects and hang some pictures on our bare walls and it will be "complete". Until I decide to change it again. Anyway one project that I had finally worked up the courage to tackle was sewing drop cloth slipcovers for the sofa and chair. You see I have been drooling over this Ikea karlstad sectional for months but it's not really in the budget right now so I must improvise. Well on Sunday I finally conquered my fears about dyeing fabric and attempted. This is the part where I would love to say that it went smoothly and I have gorgeous gray fabric just waiting to be sewn.
You see I started with this:

and instead of gorgeous gray fabric I now have this:

a great splotchy mess!
I followed the instructions for HE washing machine dyeing to a tee but I am guessing the dyeing gods were not on my side with this one. Oh well. I have decided that our current navy blue slips are doing a wonderful job and why fix what isn't broken (at least not until we can afford the karlstad sectional.). So I just thought I would share a blunder of mine in this decorating ride that I am on. I am guessing my lesson learned is that sometimes what we already have works just as well as trying to change things.

What about you guys. Anyone have a terrible dye job in their past? Or maybe you are a dyeing diva. I would love to hear about that too.