Total Time Needed: Afternoon Or Evening
Try this unique tie-dye technique for a bright, beautiful T-shirt.
Materials
- 100-percent-cotton T-shirt
- Rubber bands
- Buckets or dish tubs (4-quart minimum)
- 2 or more colors of fabric dye
- Salt (1 cup per dye bath)
- Rubber bands and marbles and/or coins
- Spray bottles and plastic squeeze bottles
- Sealable plastic bags
- Latex gloves
Instructions
1. Tie It
Grab a small section of the shirt, both front and back layers, and twist it as tightly as possible. Fold over the tip of the twist and fasten it snugly with a rubber band.
2. Make different-size twists all over your shirt, or keep them consistent and in a pattern to get results similar to the T-shirt above.
3. Dye It
Fill the bottles with the individually prepared dye baths and squeeze drops onto your shirt. If you use this technique on a knotted or marbled shirt, try squeezing one color onto and around each of the tied sections.
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