Rubber Band Patterns For Tie Dye

To begin choose a pattern and gather fabric accordingly.
Rubber band patterns for tie dye. Once you re done you ll secure with a rubber band. Create donuts by pushing the tip of some of the rosettes back through the rubber band. Don rubber gloves and mix dye following manufacturer s instructions. Here s how to make it.
Ombre tie dye method. Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands. This tie dye pattern looks like a target or bulls eye. Immerse the shirt in a dye bath for 4 to 10 minutes.
Don your rubber gloves choose your dye and saturate each quadrant. Take several rubber bands and tie into quadrants. Flip the fabric over and repeat on the backside. From there you can add more bands inside or outside of the star or just leave it alone for one giant star.
Add a cup of salt to deepen the color if you like. Apply dye color to each side of the rubber bands. When you put the rubber band around it don t loop it twice just put it on. Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log.
Another thing we have done is do the shirt in certain sport teams colors and then i added heat transfer vinyl to it like this denver broncos tie dye shirt. Simple folded pattern tie dye technique. We also attempted the tie dyeing with rit dye. Pinch center of the garment and rubber band both layers about 1 to 2 inches from center.
Apply the dye to the fabric. Start with lightest color. 3 rubber bands are perfect for this making 6 sections. Tie tightly at the base with string or rubber bands.
Apply rubber bands to keep the fabric twisted together. Tightly secure the boxed fabric with rubber bands. If you re not a traditionalist tie dye connoseobuir why not go for an ombre look to give your t shirt some edge. The folding scrunching with rubber bands is a very important step for creating fine patterns.
Tie dye banding. It is really neat and fun to make with friends family or by yourself. Do not release ties. Remove shirt from dye bath and rinse under running cool water until water runs clear.
In this instructable i will show you some different methods o. If you wish to create smaller patterns keep the folds narrow and for larger designs keep wider folds on the fabric. This design utilizes the same folding technique as the box fold. The variance is in the rubber band placement and the dye application.
Lay the t shirt flat. Lay the fabric flat then pinch pull and twist the center of the fabric until all of the fabric is in a twist. Banded box pattern tie dye results. I looked in the contests tab and saw the rubber band challenge and the first thing that came to my mind was tie dye.