So far my partner and I have done multiple things. For starters we bought all the supplies from a craft store called Micheal's. We got a tie dye kit and a total of eight t-shirts. Last weekend we began our tie dying process. We didn't know how to set up our station which really messed us up later on. We started of by doing the spiral one this one was very difficult especially since the t-shirts weren't soaking up the dye so we had to rub it into the shirt. We didn't realize but all the dye that wasn't getting soaked up was falling on top of our station which was a big black garbage bag. When we flipped over the shirt the part of the shirt that already had dye on it was mixing with the dye on the garbage bag which is horrible.
The second shirt was our biggest disappointments. We did a stripe technique. That was the easiest tie dye technique because all you had to do was divide the shirt into different sections by tying elastic bands. My partner and I thought this shirt would be the best. We didn't realize that just because you dye the part of the shirt that is seen doesn't mean you dyed the rest of the shirt. We didn't tie dye the inside of the shirt which we realized a little to late. The shirt has only one line of dye which was very disappointing. Our third shirt was a big success we did the acorn method which was dividing the shirt into four sections vertically.
Overall, we learned a lot more about tie dying. For example, have a proper station perhaps next time we can use a rack so instead of the dying being left on the bag it will fall directly into the sink. We also learned that you have to cover not only the white spots that are being seen but even the inside of the shirt. I am excited to tie dye next time cause I believe it will turn out much more successful.
The second shirt was our biggest disappointments. We did a stripe technique. That was the easiest tie dye technique because all you had to do was divide the shirt into different sections by tying elastic bands. My partner and I thought this shirt would be the best. We didn't realize that just because you dye the part of the shirt that is seen doesn't mean you dyed the rest of the shirt. We didn't tie dye the inside of the shirt which we realized a little to late. The shirt has only one line of dye which was very disappointing. Our third shirt was a big success we did the acorn method which was dividing the shirt into four sections vertically.
Overall, we learned a lot more about tie dying. For example, have a proper station perhaps next time we can use a rack so instead of the dying being left on the bag it will fall directly into the sink. We also learned that you have to cover not only the white spots that are being seen but even the inside of the shirt. I am excited to tie dye next time cause I believe it will turn out much more successful.
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