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I've been looking at shibori (a Japanese form of dyeing fabric using indigo dye and done by tying knots twisting and wrapping the fabric) for ages and I finally had some free time to try it out. These are my first attempts and I love them! I just cut up scrap fabric that I had into squares to try out a few different techniques. You can honestly make anything, scarves, blankets, bibs, tshirts, wall art, cushions, sarongs, rugs, quilts; the list is as long as your imagination!
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This is a compensated post as part of a campaign with Blueprint Social and Tulip. All opinions are my own. Are you ready to Tie Dye your Summer?? Need a fun project to occupy the kids? Check out this box of Tulip One-Step Tie Dye products I received in the mail last week. I've always heard that tie dying is so easy, but it seemed like more work than I wanted to tackle. I was wrong! Tie dying is a piece of cake and Tulip makes it even easier by providing all of the supplies you need in their One-Step Tie Dye Kits- the dye bottles all ready pre-filled with powdered dye, complete instructions with colorful photos and project/design details, rubber-bands, several pairs of plastic gloves and a large plastic sheet. Although it wasn't included in the steps, I pre-treated the shirts by soaking them in washing soda to hold the color. Soak the shirts in the washing soda for 5-15minutes. Wring out excess water. While the shirts soaked, I got all of the supplies ready. Fill the bottle to the line with warm water. It's smart to put the gloves on first. I learned this after I already had a little red dye on my fingers. Shake the bottle to dissolve the dye powder. How to make a Spiral Rainbow tie dye design: Spiral the t-shirt fabric by placing fork prongs on the shirt where you want the spiral to start and twisting the fork to pull the fabric into a spiral. Secure with rubber bands (so it looks like 6 pieces of pie). Add your red dye over one slice of the pie and repeat with each color- saving yellow for last. Flip the shirt over and add each color dye on the backside. Place the dyed t-shirt in a plastic bag and leave for 6-8 hours. Rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Wash in hot water (separate from other clothes the first few washings). How to make a USA Flag tie dye t-shirt: Gather the fabric for the blue part of the flag and secure with a rubber-band (about middle of shoulder and just under the sleeve). Wad up the sleeve and rubber-band. Vertically accordion fold the remaining t-shirt fabric and rubber-band approximately every 2". Add your blue dye to the shirt and then add the red dye every other section for the stripes. I didn't want the stripes to touch while it set for 6-8 hours, so I used plastic wrap to cover the shirt. After 6-8 hours, remove plastic wrap, rinse in cold water until water runs clear, wash in hot water. How to tie dye Colorado Flag t-shirt: this is my favorite and one I contemplated for the entire day. I wasn't sure how I was going to keep the white section white, but have the blue around the red C. I think I came pretty close for completely winging it. Location the part of the t-shirt where you want the yellow dot and gather a small circle of t-shirt to rubber-band. Gather another circle below for the red C. Scrunch the top of the shirt and bottom of the shirt and randomly rubber-band sections. Leave the middle to have the band of white behind the C. Add the yellow dye. Add the red dye (if you look at the gathered circle like a clock going clockwise, add dye starting at 4o'clock and stop at 2 o'clock). There was only a little bit of spreading. Add light blue and dark blue dye to the top and bottom sections. Cover in plastic for 6-8 hrs. Rinse in cold until water runs clear. Wash in hot (separate). I was so excited when I uncovered and removed the rubber-bands and began to rinse! Everyone who has seen this CO flag shirt wants one just like it. How to horizontal tie dye shirt: Accordion (vertically) fold the t-shirt and secure with rubber-bands every 2". Rotate dye colors. Flip and add dye to other side as well. Place in plastic bag for 6-8hrs. Rinse in cold water until the water runs clear. Wash in hot (separate from other fabrics). I washed the rainbow spiral shirts and this striped shirt in one load and the two flag shirts in another load. His two favorite team colors tie dyed together: Colorado Rockies and Green Bay. Tulip One-Step Tie-Dye is America's Favorite Tie Dye! It is easy to use. The colors are bright and bold. You don't have to worry about fading- the dyes are permanent and color-fast. The kids had a blast creating different designs and we're now getting started on refashioning the shirts to use as swim suit cover ups for the pool this summer. I can't get home fast enough from work to do 5 more shirts with the kids this evening. Check out more project ideas at ilovetocreate. Follow ilovetocreate on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.
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