Use a pair of scissors to carefully cut the string or rubber bands from the fabric.
Tie dye rubber band instructions.
You can make straight line stripes too.
Accordion fold the fabric from the bottom up.
Take your rubber bands and place them evenly across the pleated shirt log using about five to eight bands.
Striped pattern lay the fabric flat and fold it back and forth pleat until all the fabric is folded.
Dye the fabric make sure your work space is covered with plastic or something to protect it from staining.
Rinse the shirt until the water runs clear.
Wrap it in saran wrap and let it sit.
Alternatively you could save your fasteners for later use by untying your string or unwrap the rubber bands.
3 rubber bands are perfect for this making 6 sections.
Starting at one side gather the t shirt to create accordion like folds that run vertically from neck.
Don your rubber gloves choose your dye and saturate each quadrant.
After that you can unravel the fabric to reveal the pattern.
Tie dye doesn t always mean groovy spirals and circles.
Apply rubber bands to keep the fabric together apply dye color to each side of the rubber bands.
We also attempted the tie dyeing with rit dye.
Take several rubber bands and tie into quadrants.
Leave the middle white.
Secure with rubber bands.
Pick the shirt up form the middle 2.
Tie the fabric for best results use a fabric made from natural fibers like cotton and pre wash the fabric.
If you re going with the typical color scheme soak the top third of your shirt in red dye and the bottom third in a blue dye.
Fold the shirt from the bottom up into small pleats until the shirt in the shape of a long thin log.
Make it wet and then wring out excess water so the dye soaks in better.
Next eyeball your shirt and decide where to separate your shirt into thirds putting rubber bands in place to separate the thirds.
You should cut carefully to avoid damaging your newly tie dyed fabric.
Add rubber bands and follow the tie dye pattern of your choice.
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.