Marble Swirl Technique Tie Dye

In this video i demonstrate and explain how i made this red white and blue spiral tie dye shirt.

Marble swirl technique tie dye.

Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired. To get the patterns. Bullseye swirl stripe and ombre. Keep twisting in the same direction until the whole piece of fabric is wrapped into a spiral shape.

Slowly lift the fabric from the pan. 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. This folding technique creates the traditional spiral design that you see on a lot of rainbow tie dye t shirts. Swirl the drops with a stick.

We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave. 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. I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.

I tie dye t shirts and a onesie in this tutoria. There are a ton of ways to tie dye. This tutorial will show you 4 of them. Tie dyeing is a great way to make a plain white garment look more interesting and colorful.

Scrape off excess foam. Learn how easy it is to create incredible marble designs with just some shaving cream and rit all purpose dye. Place fabric gently on the pan. Apply light pressure to smooth.

Using your fingers pinch the center of the fabric and twist. 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. For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands. Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.

The trick to getting the design is to twist the shirt into a disk then wrap rubber. Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes. The classic swirling technique is so cool so fun to do. To wet tie dye begin by washing the shirt to remove sizing that might interfere with dyeing.

Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye. The squirt bottle method is one of the most common methods for tie dyeing. The most popular design is the spiral. Oh marbling how we love you.