Gorgeous! Vibrant! And you can make it yourself at home. Learn how to shibori tie dye!
Prep Time45 minutesmins
Crafting Time6 hourshrs
Total Time6 hourshrs45 minutesmins
Supplies
Yellow and orange dye
White tee
PVC pipe - 1 1/2"diameter x 24" (long)
Rubber bands and gloves from kit
Spray bottle of water
Towel you don't mind staining
Twine
Instructions
First off, protect your work surface with an old tablecloth or lots of newspaper.
Lay your tee face up on the table. Fold the sleeves and sides of tee toward the center of the shirt. Beginning at one side of the tee, roll the shirt around the PVC pipe.
Wrap a rubber band around each end of the pipe and in the center. This is not for resist purposes, just to hold the shirt in place. Tie the twine around one end of the pipe and knot.
Scrunch the shirt from each end toward the center of the pipe. Wrap the twine tightly around the pipe/tee until completely covered. There should be thin areas of tee showing in between wraps of twine.
Mist the twine wrapped tee with water. Roll it in a towel to remove excess water, you want it damp, not sopping.
Put on your gloves and mix your dye (add water and shake). Starting at the neckline end of you tee, cover about 1/4 of the fabric with orange dye. Cover the remaining fabric with yellow dye. To get that orange-yellow color in the center, add some orange dye over the yellow dye in the center of the tee.
Roll the pipe back and forth across an old towel to ensure there's no dripping dye. Wrap the pipe/tee in plastic wrap and allow it to sit for 6 hours.
Remove the plastic wrap and run the fabric covered pipe under cool water to get as much as the dye out as you can. Remove the rubber bands and the twice and unroll the tee from the pipe. Rinse out any remaining dye and follow laundering instructions on the dye packaging.
Expert Tips & FAQs
Keep track of which end of the pipe your tee's neckline is! You can draw a little mark inside that end of the PVC pipe with a permanent marker to help you remember.