Tie-Dyeing T-shirts Using Powder Dye

Tie-dye t-shirts is one of the world's favorite t-shirt and is quite easy to make, you can also make them for personal use or for profit. You'll need:

1. A soaking tub or large pot.




2. Dye (to save money use powder dye).




3. Rubber gloves (to protect hands from dye).




4. Rubber bands.




5. Dye pre-activator (to help the dye absorb through the fabric).




6. Plastic.




7. Squeeze bottle.

Directions:

• Mix powder dye with water in a squeeze bottle.




• Shake the mixture (make sure you protect your hands w/rubber gloves).




• Soak the shirt in the dye pre-activator for 10 minutes.




• Fold or gather the fabric and wrap rubber bands along the length of the fabric (rubber bands create the pattern by blocking the dye).




• Dye is squeezed into the shirt to create a pattern.




• Wrap the shirt in plastic for 24 hrs. to set the dye before you rinse it.

And........Voila! you have a Tie-Dye T-shirt.

Mixing Art With Fashion

I am very into art and fashion, and I always wanted to mix art with fashion,

so I started fabric painting. using fabric paints (fabric paint can be found at any craft store) to paint art onto clothes such as:

hand painted jeans, handbags, shoes, hair accessories,

caps, belts etc.... I sometimes use a bedazzler to give it a little dazzle with rhinestones and gems. I am now looking into making custom made t-shirts with personalized messages, logos etc.... I have done this before to test out my skills, they came out very impressive and they last longer than I thought they would. People keep telling me that I should to do it for a living and you know, that is music to my ears. I used t-shirts, t-shirt transfers a printer and a heavy duty iron, for those of you that don't know how this is done print your graphic, logo or whatever you want from your printer onto the t-shirt transfer and just iron it on the t-shirt. (If your intentions is possibly making profit from making t-shirts you will need a more reliable heating device such as a heat press or some other machine they might use to put graphics or text on t-shirts). They are great for advertisement, family reunions, daycare etc... I still need much more practice and knowledge but I'm learning more everyday. If anyone else is interested in this kind of art feel free to share your work or knowledge.