Simple folded pattern tie dye technique.
Rubber band designs for tie dye.
Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands.
I looked in the contests tab and saw the rubber band challenge and the first thing that came to my mind was tie dye.
Cool tie dye patterns aren t complicated.
Don your rubber gloves choose your dye and saturate each quadrant.
It is really neat and fun to make with friends family or by yourself.
Tie tightly at the base with string or rubber bands.
Advanced tie dye patterns are fun but tie dye shirts people love are simple.
Immerse the shirt in a dye bath for 4 to 10 minutes.
Remove shirt from dye bath and rinse under running cool water until water runs clear.
Pinch a 2 inch section through both layers and rubber band it.
Tie dye patterns are defined by how you fold the fabric where you apply rubber bands and where you apply dye color.
Start by laying a t shirt flat.
Flip the fabric over and repeat on the backside.
In this instructable i will show you some different methods o.
Create donuts by pushing the tip of some of the rosettes back through the rubber band.
Start with lightest color.
Take several rubber bands and tie into quadrants.
This design utilizes the same folding technique as the box fold.
The variance is in the rubber band placement and the dye application.
This tie dye idea ends up looking like fun funky flowers.
Different geometric tie dye shirt patterns are easy even for a beginner.
Banded box pattern tie dye results.
Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log.
Apply the dye to the fabric.