Striped pattern lay the fabric flat and fold it back and forth pleat until all the fabric is folded.
Tie dye rubber band instructions.
Tie dye doesn t always mean groovy spirals and circles.
If you re going with the typical color scheme soak the top third of your shirt in red dye and the bottom third in a blue dye.
Next eyeball your shirt and decide where to separate your shirt into thirds putting rubber bands in place to separate the thirds.
Secure with rubber bands.
Add rubber bands and follow the tie dye pattern of your choice.
Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands.
Dye the fabric make sure your work space is covered with plastic or something to protect it from staining.
After that you can unravel the fabric to reveal the pattern.
Space the rubber bands as far as you like from each other i prefer inches apart 3 now you are ready to dye.
Rinse the shirt until the water runs clear.
Pick the shirt up form the middle 2.
When you put the rubber band around it don t loop it twice just put it on.
We also attempted the tie dyeing with rit dye.
Another thing we have done is do the shirt in certain sport teams colors and then i added heat transfer vinyl to it like this denver broncos tie dye shirt.
3 rubber bands are perfect for this making 6 sections.
Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log.
Make it wet and then wring out excess water so the dye soaks in better.
Stripes tie dye technique lay the fabric flat.
Use a pair of scissors to carefully cut the string or rubber bands from the fabric.
Take several rubber bands and tie into quadrants.
Leave the middle white.
You should cut carefully to avoid damaging your newly tie dyed fabric.
You can make straight line stripes too.
Wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit.
Alternatively you could save your fasteners for later use by untying your string or unwrap the rubber bands.
Tie the fabric for best results use a fabric made from natural fibers like cotton and pre wash the fabric.
Starting at one side gather the t shirt to create accordion like folds that run vertically from neck.