Rubber Band Patterns For Tie Dye

Tightly secure the boxed fabric with rubber bands.

Rubber band patterns for tie dye.

Lay the t shirt flat. Flip the fabric over and repeat on the backside. If you wish to create smaller patterns keep the folds narrow and for larger designs keep wider folds on the fabric. The folding scrunching with rubber bands is a very important step for creating fine patterns.

Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands. Remove shirt from dye bath and rinse under running cool water until water runs clear. Ombre tie dye method. Immerse the shirt in a dye bath for 4 to 10 minutes.

I looked in the contests tab and saw the rubber band challenge and the first thing that came to my mind was tie dye. It is really neat and fun to make with friends family or by yourself. Apply the dye to the fabric. Start with lightest color.

From there you can add more bands inside or outside of the star or just leave it alone for one giant star. Simple folded pattern tie dye technique. Do not release ties. Tighter rubber bands create sharper tie dye patterns.

Banded box pattern tie dye results. Don rubber gloves and mix dye following manufacturer s instructions. Add a cup of salt to deepen the color if you like. Tie dye banding.

Simply set out bowls of rubber bands clothespins marbles and garments for best results use 100 percent cotton and experiment with a variety of expressive patterns. Here s how to make it. The variance is in the rubber band placement and the dye application. This tie dye pattern looks like a target or bulls eye.

Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log. In this instructable i will show you some different methods o. This design utilizes the same folding technique as the box fold. Create donuts by pushing the tip of some of the rosettes back through the rubber band.

To begin choose a pattern and gather fabric accordingly. Don your rubber gloves choose your dye and saturate each quadrant. Apply dye color to each side of the rubber bands. Lay the fabric flat then pinch pull and twist the center of the fabric until all of the fabric is in a twist.

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. The tighter the rubber bands the better the results will be because the folds will resist the color from reaching those places. Pinch center of the garment and rubber band both layers about 1 to 2 inches from center. Once you re done you ll secure with a rubber band.

We also attempted the tie dyeing with rit dye. 3 rubber bands are perfect for this making 6 sections. Tie tightly at the base with string or 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.