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Wrap rubber bands around the cone of fabric, starting about an inch below the point of the cone. You can add as many or as few rubber bands as you want. Tie-dye is a popular fabric dyeing technique known for its bright, saturated colors and bold patterns. It’s one of those nostalgic, feel-good crafts that never seem to go out of style.

Soak your item in warm water and then put it on a machine spin to remove the excess water, so it's damp but not ringing wet. This is especially important for designs where you want more control over the dye. "When you put the dye on, if there's too much water in there, the dye will spread too much which is when it gets murky," Jess says. With a little patience, you can fold the fabric to create a tie-dye heart in the middle of the shirt. Here’s how to make a tie-dye heart: With Mother’s Day just around the corner, the hooligans have been working on some simple Mother’s Day crafts here in my home daycare and we decided to give the Sharpie Tie Dye thing a try to make bookmarks for the kids to give to their moms this Sunday.P.S. You may also like 20+ Creative Sharpie Art and Craft Projects How does the Sharpie and rubbing alcohol technique work? This is how I dyed as I had a heat activated dye : Heat the water in your pot up to 70 degree C. Dissolve the dye in this water stirring continuously ; (Afterward you can strain the dye solution through cheesecloth fabric to make sure there are no undissolved particles if you find the dye is not dissolved). If you want the resist process (that is, the base fabric color remain intact) you will have to tie the material very tightly with the cord. If you do not want the base color to show through, you can use the relaxed tying method. Tie and dye is not a new dyeing process for humans. Some beautifully patterned tie and dyed fabric have been discovered in Peru which dates bak to 500 AD. If your dye specifies a sodium carbonate soak, add that to your warm water when soaking. Simple tie dye techniques and patterns

Learn how to make beautiful and unique tie-dye patterns with these easy tie dye folding techniques and step-by-step pictures. I’ll show you how to make all sorts of tie-dye designs, including the crumple technique, the spiral pattern, and the bullseye design.

When you colour with Sharpie markers and then drip rubbing alcohol on to the ink, something very cool happens. You create an awesome tie-dye effect. Steve Spangler can tell you why Sharpie ink dissolves in rubbing alcohol. After dyeing, you can keep the fabric in a plastic cover, covered with another plastic cover, to cure. You can keep it for 4 hours to 24 hours like this.

For dip dying, you need a wide shallow stainless steel container which is used only for dyeing. If you are using the tie dye kits or the squeeze bottles, you do not need the vessel, ofcourse. This is the Indian technique of Tie and Dye in which small areas of fabric are tied into a point creating small diamond shaped patterns. Next, fold the shirt widthwise in a series of accordion folds. I made each fold about 3.5 inches wide to match. The resulting bundle of fabric should be a square shape. The dyed area are not sharply demarcated – there is a blurring of the lines resulting in the beautifully abstract appearance of the tie-dyed fabric. I use Synthrapol to removes any excess dye, but washing up liquid works exactly the same. You can use at the end of the hand rinse and you can also put a bit in the washing machine when you do the rinse out, but only a very small amount [about a teaspoon]." Common tie dye mistakes to avoidSince then, tie and dye have been in out of fashion in small ways, but essentially, it has been confined as a craft activity for kids’ parties. And instead of everyday clothing and natural dyeing, nowadays cotton knit tshirts are tie dyed using rubber bands, squeeze bottles and cold chemical dyes. This whole t-shirt will be one big bullseye with striped rings, but you can do smaller bullseyes allover or as a centre piece. Lea Scaddan // Getty Images For tie-dyers looking for more color options or a more professional quality dye, I recommend ProcionMX dyes from Jacquard or Dharma Trading Co. Secure the shirt with 3 or 4 rubber bands, crisscrossing them over the center of the disc. The tighter you bind the shirt, the more white areas there will be.

Lay the shirt flat on the table. Starting on the left side, fold the shirt lengthwise in a series of accordion folds. I made each fold about 3.5 inches wide. (You can make wider sections if you like.) Press the edges of each fold well to get sharp creases. Lay the shirt flat on a table. Pinch a small section of fabric at the center of the shirt. (If you want the bullseye to be off-center, choose a small section off-center.) There's one big no no Jess sees happen again and again: "The biggest mistake that people make, is getting too excited, untying and rinsing it before it's set. They open up it up, and it looks beautiful, and then they realise the next day that the dye has seeped because it's not had time to set, or the pattern disappears, and it turns into a big splodge." Following the diagram above, fold the shirt in half along the diagonal line. The shirt is now folded in eighths.If you want more patterns in different colors re-tie and dye again. But before that it has to dry completely after finishing the first dyeing; ie rinse and dry separately however many times you dye.

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