Striped pattern lay the fabric flat and fold it back and forth pleat until all the fabric is folded.
Tie dye rubber band instructions.
Pick the shirt up form the middle 2.
Stripes tie dye technique lay the fabric flat.
Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log.
Don your rubber gloves choose your dye and saturate each quadrant.
Secure with rubber bands.
Starting at one side gather the t shirt to create accordion like folds that run vertically from neck.
Leave the middle white.
Tie dye doesn t always mean groovy spirals and circles.
Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands.
Rinse the shirt until the water runs clear.
Wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit.
Add rubber bands and follow the tie dye pattern of your choice.
When you put the rubber band around it don t loop it twice just put it on.
Alternatively you could save your fasteners for later use by untying your string or unwrap the rubber bands.
Use a pair of scissors to carefully cut the string or rubber bands from the fabric.
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.
Space the rubber bands as far as you like from each other i prefer inches apart 3 now you are ready to dye.
Apply rubber bands to keep the fabric together apply dye color to each side of the rubber bands.
Make it wet and then wring out excess water so the dye soaks in better.
After that you can unravel the fabric to reveal the pattern.
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.
You should cut carefully to avoid damaging your newly tie dyed fabric.
Dye the fabric make sure your work space is covered with plastic or something to protect it from staining.
3 rubber bands are perfect for this making 6 sections.
Next eyeball your shirt and decide where to separate your shirt into thirds putting rubber bands in place to separate the thirds.
Take several rubber bands and tie into quadrants.
Accordion fold the fabric from the bottom up.