A little bit of a rainbow. Here. Just to give me an idea of where i'm folding. At. So i just usually try to line the the pant legs. Up as even as i can and then i just draw my lines.

Dampen sweatpants, lay out flat, and accordion fold the top of the pants until the legs split. Accordion fold each leg independently, creating two accordion fold stacks. Band up your sweatpants, spacing rubber bands a few inches apart. Dye each section a different color, using your tie dye rack to catch excess dye.

Folded Technique Take your pants and fold 2 inches over on one leg lengthwise. Flip the leg over and fold the other way. Continue to do this accordion style of folding. Once the leg is completely folded tie string around the leg approximately 4 inches apart all the way up and down the leg.

Every year, there is something new in the fashion market that steals the show above other trends. Lately, people are going big on tie-dye outfits and how! Not just buying them from various brands, even learning to create their own DIY tie-dye outfits at home.

The words describe a method of fabric design that is called tie dyeing. In this process, parts of a piece of fabric are pulled into tufts which are bound with string or elastic bands. The material is then saturated with dye. Where the fabric is bound, it resists the dye; elsewhere, dye is absorbed.

Tie-Dye Basics The basic idea is you cover areas of fabric by tying them off with rubber bands. Then, you dye the rest of the fabric, possibly in multiple colors. The tied-off areas do not get color, since they are not exposed to the dye. There are many different patterns and variations of this basic technique.

Wet down your activewear to remove any finishes that may interfere with dye absorption and leave damp. 2. Use the rubber bands or string and create lots of knob-like balls all over the garment until it's one big ball with lots of growths. The more creative you get with this the more patterns your activewear will have.

Use. Half a cup of dye or if you want a darker color use a full bottle. For light colors use less dye shake the bottle and pour it into the water stir. Well before adding the damp. Jeans.

The hotter the water the better. So use really hot tap water or heat the water until it's almost boiling. From here you can use the stove top method where you keep the dye bath on a low simmer

: a hand method of producing patterns in textiles by tying portions of the fabric so that they will not absorb the dye.

Tie-dye is a term used to describe a number of resist dyeing techniques and the resulting dyed products of these processes. The process of tie-dye typically consists of folding, twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric or a garment, before binding with string or rubber bands, followed by the application of dye or dyes.

If you want to dye your fabric solid colors, do immersion dyeing. For an ombre look, use the ombre dip dye method. And to create patterns, try tie dye, ice dye, shibori, resist dyes, low volume immersion dye, marbling, silk painting, and vertical drip dye.