For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
Marble swirl technique tie dye.
How to spiral tie dye.
Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye.
Pinch and fold the fabric all over securing with rubber bands as you work.
To get the patterns.
Tie dyeing is a great way to make a plain white garment look more interesting and colorful.
Using your fingers pinch the center of the fabric and twist.
Keep twisting in the same direction until the whole piece of fabric is wrapped into a spiral shape.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
I tie dye t shirts and a onesie in this tutoria.
The classic swirling technique is so cool so fun to do.
Once cleaned dip the shirt in water then squeeze out any excess.
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Drip dye colors all over.
Scrape off excess foam.
Secure the fabric with 3 or more rubber bands.
The most popular design is the spiral.
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Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
To wet tie dye begin by washing the shirt to remove sizing that might interfere with dyeing.
There are a ton of ways to tie dye.
The squirt bottle method is one of the most common methods for tie dyeing.
Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.
The traditional marbling techniques for paper and fabric involve floating your paints dyes atop a pan of water or gel and then swirling combing etc.
Leave it at that for a rather simple circle or for a more vibrant pattern like shown above wrap another rubber band binding just fabric this time a little ways below the marble.
Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
This folding technique creates the traditional spiral design that you see on a lot of rainbow tie dye t shirts.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave.
This tutorial will show you 4 of them.