I had been meaning to dye and decorate these for ages – a white T shirt and very pale denim skirt
(white to pale blue dip die effect).
I used one of the old multipurpose Dylon dies in the washing
machine (they now have an alternative formulation for natural fabrics such as
cotton). I really didn’t spend a lot of time. I decided where I wanted the
motifs and made a small mark with chalk. I placed a chop stick tip behind the
placement mark and made a sort of tent shape. Then I simply wrapped it with
elastic bands and pulled out the stick. I found this a really quick and easy
method. I then dyed in the washing machine with salt (according to packet
directions). I love the way that the polyester stitching didn’t pick up the die
– nice design detail.
Looking at the results the rings reminded my somewhat of
floating jelly fish so I decided to block print and create a sort of ‘under the
sea’ theme.
I over printed the design using iron fix fabric paints and
printing blocks from Colouricious.
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