Place fabric gently on the pan.
Marble swirl technique tie dye.
Keep twisting in the same direction until the whole piece of fabric is wrapped into a spiral shape.
Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired.
Learn how easy it is to create incredible marble designs with just some shaving cream and rit all purpose dye.
The most popular design is the spiral.
Scrape off excess foam.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
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.
In this video i demonstrate and explain how i made this red white and blue spiral tie dye shirt.
Oh marbling how we love you.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
Using your fingers pinch the center of the fabric and twist.
We strongly recommend setting the dye with a microwave.
Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.
Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye.
Once cleaned dip the shirt in water then squeeze out any excess.
Bullseye swirl stripe and ombre.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
The squirt bottle method is one of the most common methods for tie dyeing.
How to spiral tie dye.
To get the patterns.
The trick to getting the design is to twist the shirt into a disk then wrap rubber.
There are a ton of ways to tie dye.
I tie dye t shirts and a onesie in this tutoria.
Tie dyeing is a great way to make a plain white garment look more interesting and colorful.
Secure the fabric with 3 or more rubber bands.
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.
Pinch and fold the fabric all over securing with rubber bands as you work.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
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.