Do not soak the entire shirt with dye.
Marbled tie dye techniques.
Each method will give you a different pattern or design on your finished item.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Tie dye marble basics.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
The key to achieving a colourful and intriguing design when using a marble tie dye technique lies in the saturation of the dye.
Scrape off excess foam.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
The marble tie dye technique requires a lot of a one common household item shaving cream.
These shoes were my first try with this technique on a shoe so it really is that easy.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
There are lots of different folding and tying techniques that you can use for bleach dying.
Fill a baking tray with shaving cream.
To get the patterns.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
Step 1 lay the t shirt out on a non porous surface like a utility table with a stainless steel or plastic table top.
Wearing rubber gloves mix four tablespoons of rit all purpose liquid dye with one cup of very hot water.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
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.
Use rit colorstay dye fixative after dyeing and before washing to enhance the color increase color retention and prevent dye from bleeding in to white areas.
Repeat with complementary colors.
You can use traditional tie dye techniques like the spiral design or shibori techniques like itajime.
I tried this method a few times on scrap fabric and then dove head first into reproducing it on these white canvas shoes.
The marble effect is obtained by scrunching the fabric creating the tightly rippled dying surface that produces the pattern.
Pour solution in a small squeeze bottle.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
Drip dye colors all over.