With a sunny April and the excitement of our recently booked holiday to Crete, Ben and I got in the mood for a little bit of tie dye fun! Wilkos have a wide range of fabric dyes that are pretty cheap (£2.99 per sachet) and I managed to get hold of a 3 pack of white cotton t-shirts for just a fiver at Primark - bargain!
And this is what we came up with...
The 'marbled' effect - simply screw up your tee into a tight ball and whack a load of elastic bands round it to keep it in place.
Stripes - if you want horizontal stripes, roll your tee up from sleeve to sleeve and then wrap elastic bands across to create the stripe its self (spacing however you desire!) For verticle stripes, roll from neck to bottom hem line.
Circles - pull tee from the centre (or wherever you want your circles to start from) into a cone-like shape. Wrap elastic bands round the cone.
OK so at the moment we are clearly amateurs at the tie dying game but I reckon with a bit of time and practice, we could become masters!
For illustrated tie dye tips and techniques, just have a look on youtube or google; there's an abundance of sites to help you get started.
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