How to tie dye an old white shirt!

Step 13 The moment of truth - It's gorgeous!

Here's my shirt hanging out to dry - I hope yours is as good - or even better! No more "dingies" - Enjoy!

Comments

[CMDCARSON]

Can this method be used with "RIT" dyes instead??

[Vegemight]

Cool - this just gave me an idea to tie-dye my beddings that have gone dingy too!

[stinkymum]

Make sure there is a high percentage of cotton in the bedding (at least 60% cotton) If your sheets are 100% polyester the dye will not bond, but rinse out immediately. The lower ratio of cotton to man-made fibres makes the finished item more pastel in colour! Good luck. The spiral fold is the best one for large items by the way....

[matthisone]

Stinkymum, how in the WORLD did you learn to do all this beautiful tie dye work? I'm blown away by all the beautiful colors!! Did you take a class, read a book, learn on your own......which is it? Or, is this just a natural talent? I'm going to find every lesson you've put on the site and practice till I can do this perfectly. Thanks SO much for posting this lesson....I believe it's going to be a tie dye house around here before long. Hehehehehe Blessings, robyn

[stinkymum]

I go to summer camp each year and learnt to do it there. No I teach others how to do it (i.e. girl scouts and youth groups)

[matthisone]

I'm SO excited to try this, that I'm going to bed early tonite so I get an early start in the morning. What a wonderful spiral pattern!! Thanks so much for sharing it! I'm gonna do all my "dingy" sheets and pillow cases also.

[purplesometimes]

Wow! I've seen the shirts, seen the kits, but never seen someone actually do the dying! This is a work of art!