Try this unique tie-dye technique for a bright, beautiful
T-shirt. For complete tie-dyeing instructions, check out
Tie-dyed
T-shirts.
Tips
Try these different tie-dye techniques:
Knotted
Tie With Squirt-bottle Dye
Twisted
Tie With Dunking Dye
| Prep Time: Afternoon or Evening | |
| What you need: | |
| 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 | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: dyes, T-shirts | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | 
Tie It
Place the shirt on top of a marble or coin, pinch it through the shirt layers, and twist. Secure it in place with a rubber band. |
| 2. |  Repeat this process all around the shirt with several more
marbles--the more you use and the tighter you twist them, the
more interesting your patterns will be.
|
| 3. | 
Dye It
Fill the bottles with the individually prepared dye baths and thoroughly spray your T-shirt. Hold the bottle close for more concentrated colors and farther away for more subtle coloring. |
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