Mid-South Gardening: Dyeing silk scarves...join in the fun!, 1 by melody

melody wrote:
Tie dye is wonderful and that's how I got started. Repeat after me,,,"thrift stores, thrift stores, thrift stores...." I get most of my white cottons there. You'd be surprised at how many things you can get there. My local thrift store has 'dollar a bag day' several times a year and I load up. Whatever you can cram into a WM bag only costs a dollar. 12 tee shirts will go in a bag, so that is less than ten cents a shirt. Colors are also good, you get a different experience, but a yellow shirt that you tie dye blue will come out yellow and green...still nice.

Tie dye takes fiber reactive dyes. You tie the shirts, put the dye on and then wrap them up and let them process for 24 hours still damp. That's how I did my Kindle cover. Here are some of my shirts...these should go over really well at a Farmer's Market.

I have quite a few posted on my facebook page. Kathy Ann has seen them. If anyone wants to see them, just friend me.