Marble Swirl Technique Tie Dye

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Marble swirl technique tie dye.

Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye. Apply light pressure to smooth. There are a ton of ways to tie dye. Bullseye swirl stripe and ombre.

Slowly lift the fabric from the pan. In this video i demonstrate and explain how i made this red white and blue spiral tie dye shirt. Pinch and fold the fabric all over securing with rubber bands as you work. Learn how easy it is to create incredible marble designs with just some shaving cream and rit all purpose dye.

To get the patterns. We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave. I tie dye t shirts and a onesie in this tutoria. Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.

Keep twisting in the same direction until the whole piece of fabric is wrapped into a spiral shape. The traditional marbling techniques for paper and fabric involve floating your paints dyes atop a pan of water or gel and then swirling combing etc. For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands. The trick to getting the design is to twist the shirt into a disk then wrap rubber.

The most popular design is the spiral. How to spiral tie dye. Leave it at that for a rather simple circle or for a more vibrant pattern like shown above wrap another rubber band binding just fabric this time a little ways below the marble. Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired.

This tutorial will show you 4 of them. Drip dye colors all over. I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base. Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.

Using your fingers pinch the center of the fabric and twist. Once cleaned dip the shirt in water then squeeze out any excess. This folding technique creates the traditional spiral design that you see on a lot of rainbow tie dye t shirts. Scrape off excess foam.

The classic swirling technique is so cool so fun to do. To wet tie dye begin by washing the shirt to remove sizing that might interfere with dyeing. The squirt bottle method is one of the most common methods for tie dyeing. Tie dyeing is a great way to make a plain white garment look more interesting and colorful.