NBR: how to tie dye?

TwinMommy09 · August 2011

Does anyone know how to tie dye - I want to make the boys pink tie dye shirts for the 3Day Breast Cancer walk that my mom and I are Crew members for.

How do you get the swirl like this one? Do you just pick a starting point, pinch it and twist the entire shirt around and put rows of color?

How do you set the color so it doesn't come out in the wash and on the kiddos?

Thanks - I'm going to RP to the craft board too.

greenmtbride · August 2011

I think if you just buy the RIT dye, it has instructions on the box/bottle. We would just twist up the shirt, place rubber bands around it to make white spaces and dunk it in the dye. No idea what the step is after that though!

CDMay2006 · August 2011

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-tie-dye-an-old-white-shirt-or-a-new-shirt-/

Seattle_JiLLn · August 2011

Ben tie-dyed a shirt at camp last year and it bleeds every time I wash it still. I'm throwing it away.

I think you need little squirt bottles of dye to do anything cute like that. Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PJnM6MK30U

Surfinbride · August 2011

Here you go

https://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=5072

I definitely believe in white vinegar to set colors. When you are done with the dyes, put it in a container (Tupperware, Rubbermaid) with a 1/4 cup vinegar to each gallon of cold water. Leave it overnight. Rinse with cold water.

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