I’m working on Sienna’s fall clothes and finishing up a new fall pattern so I am running through a ton of t-shirts. My husband gave me a huge stack of dingy white t-shirts and I used oxyclean to brighten them and then I used fushcia and purple RIT dyes to tie dye them before I cut them all up into a million pieces.
I soaked the shirts in soda ash for 30 minutes before dying……then twirled them into spirals and secured with rubber bands.
I drain them on the side lawn…..since we live in the desert the ground doesn’t hold water so the grass makes a great “strainer.”
Ooh, nice job on the tie-dye, I love the colors!
I also really enjoyed your folk painting tutorial, thank you.
Those are really cool. I've been itching to tye dye for quite a few years. I love the idea of letting them dry on the lawn! Bonus if the lawn ends up purple too!
Great minds think alike! I just bought red and blue Rit to tye dye Labor Day shirts for my boys.
love tye dye. cant wait for the pattern! 🙂
I LOVE the colors! You have completely motivated me to FINALLY hit up the shops for some dye! I've been wanting to do some baby onesies for ages! Can't wait to see what you do with the shirts!
they look great! motivated me too to try this in Summer when I can do it outisde and hose off the kids!
I am looking forward to your fall pattern! My daughter refuses to wear anything but dresses 🙂
I am relatively new to sewing but your tutorials make everything seem so effortless! Thank you for the great photos and step by step instructions!! I am learning SOOOOooooo much from your blog! Thank you for igniting my own creativity!!!
Great coloring on the dye. I can't wait to see what all the little pieces become.
Ahhh…the mystery is starting to take shape… 🙂
Gorgeous! I love that color.
I actually did some dyeing this evening, come check out what I did.
http://katydidandkid.blogspot.com/2009/09/indigo-gogo-dyeing-with-jacquard.html