Tie dye patterns
Tie dye patterns are great if you want to make your own personalized cute designs for your shirts, skirts, cushion covers, bed sheets and curtains Tie Dye is perfect for this.
Tie dye is a clothes printing process and an art accessible to everyone. Its educational, creative, sometimes messy but its fun to do whether you are a kid or an adult.
When first starting to learn how to tie dye you should follow the correct instructions and us one of the standard tie die patterns.
Once you become adept at doing the dying process you can then become more creative on how you tie your garment. Make your own masterpiece your imagination is your only limit.
Simply follow these tie dye instructions.
tie dye patterns
In making your own tie dye patterns you must first know all the materials needed.
Fabric dye, squeeze bottles, white shirt, rubber bands and gloves, bucket and plastic bags are all the things required.
After you know what your materials are, you have to know how to use these materials.
First, take the white shirt and dip it in a bucket of half cup salt. Dip the fabric in the mixture for 7-10 minutes.
Remove excess water and afterwards dry the shirt. These wrinkled shirts shall be used for your patterns.
There are a lot of tie dye patterns that are available nowadays. It is important to know several designs to have a wide range of patterns to choose from.
Types of tie dye patterns
The first is the Spiral tie dye pattern.
Place the wrinkled short upside down. Next, pick a spot for your center then start twisting the material to form a roll. Next, turn the fabric to accomplish this roll.
Hold the fabric between your thumb and forefinger and pull the loose ends with your other hand in the same direction of
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the roll.
Three rubber bands shall be used to tie the roll together. Lastly, tie the rubber bands in a pinwheel like pattern.
Six diagonal sections will be made and after sometime you may color each section with any color of your preference.
The second design is the Concentric Circles Tie Dye pattern.
Place the crumpled shirt upside down. Before coloring, pull the shirt up from the center and tie it with rubber bands.
The third design is called Marble tie dye pattern.
Crumple your white shirt into a bundle. Afterwards, tie the rubber bands around the shirt in a pinwheel like pattern and plunge the crumpled t-shirt in your dye bath.
Now that you are aware of tie dye patterns, you must know how to dye the fabrics. First is to choose the colors for your dye. To avoid messy accidents, use your plastic bags as mats.
Next, wear your rubber gloves and grasp the shirt in the bucket of hot water. Put in the dye and roll the shirt over in the bucket.
After dying, leave the t-shirt in a plastic bag for four days. After that, clean the fabric with salt water.
Remove the rubber bands from the fabric and rinse the t-shirt until you achieve clarity. Dry the t-shirt until the color fades.
Follow these tie dye instructions and you’ll be successful in your project.
It is now time to test your creativity and beautify your clothes, bed sheets, curtains or any fabric using your own tie dye patterns.
