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Marble swirl technique tie dye.
To get the patterns.
Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
The trick to getting the design is to twist the shirt into a disk then wrap rubber.
The classic swirling technique is so cool so fun to do.
In this video i demonstrate and explain how i made this red white and blue spiral tie dye shirt.
Using your fingers pinch the center of the fabric and twist.
Keep twisting in the same direction until the whole piece of fabric is wrapped into a spiral shape.
Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.
This tutorial will show you 4 of them.
Once cleaned dip the shirt in water then squeeze out any excess.
Pinch and fold the fabric all over securing with rubber bands as you work.
This folding technique creates the traditional spiral design that you see on a lot of rainbow tie dye t shirts.
Learn how easy it is to create incredible marble designs with just some shaving cream and rit all purpose dye.
There are a ton of ways to tie dye.
Drip dye colors all over.
Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye.
Scrape off excess foam.
Bullseye swirl stripe and ombre.
The squirt bottle method is one of the most common methods for tie dyeing.
The most popular design is the spiral.
Secure the fabric with 3 or more rubber bands.
To wet tie dye begin by washing the shirt to remove sizing that might interfere with dyeing.
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.
How to spiral tie dye.
I tie dye t shirts and a onesie in this tutoria.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
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.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
Tie dyeing is a great way to make a plain white garment look more interesting and colorful.