Frugal gift idea – Create a Tie dye shirt
A great gift for birthdays, Christmas, graduation that doesn’t cost much is tie dye. You can create tie dye shirts yourself using just a couple of tools such as white cotton t-shirt, fabric dye, rubber bands, and a bucket.
1. Its best do this outside the house. Put some plastic or garbage bags over your work area.
2. Pre-shrink the t-shirt using warm water
3. Prepare your color dyes. Make sure you follow the direction on dye usage. Use the pail or any container that will hold the colored water. This is where you will dumb your shirt later.
4. Fold, twist, or tie a know and hold them with rubber bands. On the parts where you bind, the fabric dye won’t be able to penetrate.
5. Put the shirt in the pail where you mixed your dye. One good technique is to use multiple colors using miltiple containers and just immerse a portion of the shirt in each color. The longer you soak the shirt, the darker the color.
6. Remove the shirt and allow it to dry for about two days. Don’t remove yet the rubber bands.
7. Once it is dry, remove the rubber bands and genly wash it, then lay it flat and allow it to dry once again.
You now have a unique one of a kind gift.
You can also do pillow cases, aprons, or even socks if you like. I suggest you do several shirts at one batch to maximize the use of the already mixed dye solution.
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