Friday, May 31, 2013

#13 DIY, HOW TO MAKE TIE DYE T-SHIRT

Hey guys!

New DIY yeah! I finally finished school, so that means that I will post more this month (hopefully)! Today I will show you how I made this tie dye tee. In this tutorial I used two different brand dyes. Last year I bought a pistache fabric dye in Germany and this was the first time using it. It wasn't that good as I expected, so I recommend using Dylon dye. First I used half of the bag, but the colour didn't get pigmented. Right after I threw the whole bag in the bottle, but the colour still didn't get really pigmented. Beside that, the small Dylon container was really pigmented! Whatevs.

And by the way, I made three tie dye shirts in total. The first one wasn't that pretty so I made another one (the blue one). These pictures were made when I made the first one, just to let you know :)
Enjoy reading <3


What you'll need:
- T-shirt
- Two colours of fabric dye (recommended: Dylon dye)
- Elastic bands (10 is okay)
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- Hot water
- Two empty bottles
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- Gloves (recommended)


I used these two colours, pistache and brown. You can use any colour you want! I was too lazy to buy new fabric, so I used these old ones, found somewhere in my room. I think blue and pink goes pretty well!

Since I didn't like the first tie dye I made, I decided to redo it with two other colours, blue and yellow. Yeah, I bought these two colours yesterday. It was really fun to redo it!

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Let's start YEAH!
1. Lay your tee on the ground. I recommend doing this outside, also make sure you put something underneath.


2. Find the center of the t-shirt and start twisting.


3. Take some elastic bands and secure it.


4. Now let's prepare the dye! First half boil some water. After that take your two bottles and fill them both half in. Shake it and let it cool down for 1 minute and then throw 1 colour dye the bottle. The other bottle is to damp your t-shirt.


5. Go back to your t-shirt and damp it with water. Wait 1 minute and then throw the dye on the t-shirt! Try to make a star shape.


6. Repeat the same process, but then with the other colour.


7. Let it dry for 1 day. The dye needs its time to soak in the tee. (to be honest, I don't really like how the pistache colour came out, but whatevs).

I also made two others!

8. Rinse it with cold water. Then let it dry again.


9. And now you are done!


Here's how I styled the first tie dye shirt!

I hope you enjoyed it! Please stay tuned for more DIY's soon.
I'm finally done with school so now I got more time for my blog :)
Also check out my lookbook: http://lookbook.nu/ellit

Oh, and I also have a personal blog. But maybe I will post some personal stuff on this blog!

Please let me know if you want to see more personal stuff on this blog (ootd's, haul etc.)
or just keep this as a DIY-blog.

LET ME KNOW!

Thank you for reading <3
Xoxo
Elli 

52 comments:

  1. it´s so pretty! love the DIY :D

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  2. Wow, it is beautiful.. cool:)

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  5. I love your shirt, the brown one looks amazing :)

    Sasha
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  7. hey there thanx for dropping by my blog..
    love this diy thanx for sharing, follow me ill follow you back :))


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  8. Great idea! Love DIY projects!

    Hope you'll check out my blog too!

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    love
    Maria

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  13. Cute idea!!! thank you so much for your visit! I follow you by Bloglovin now(90)! I'm very happy if you do the same!
    And I follow you with GFC for long time.
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  14. thanks for your comment hun, great blog! followed via gfc & bloglovin :)

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  15. Great idea hun, thanks for sharing! I love this tee and I may give this s try! :))

    Andrea | RosyChicc

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  16. Wow, those t-shirts ended up GREAT! I guess I'd be too clumsy to end up with such wonderful results :/ But anyways, I really like your DIYs, they give me a great many ideas =)

    So yeah, I would be interested in following each other =)

    Greetings,

    Nath
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  17. WOW! Great post and lovely blog! Thank you for your comment in my blog! I'm following you now via GFC and Bloglovin #93 and then I'm waiting for you too! Let me know if you want to follow each other via Facebook too!

    Evi xoxo

    The Notebook of a Fashion Lover

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  18. Thank you for your visit and comment on my blog. Glad you liked it. :)
    I am really loving your blog and yes I would love to follow eachother. I am already with gfc and bloglovin. :)
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  19. Hello babe!
    Of course would like to follow each other, 306!
    Waiting for you <3
    Xxx

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  20. Really useful tips,love your blog!
    Just started following you with GFC and Bloglovin :).

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  21. Did that once, too.
    Great fun!
    xx

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  23. Thanks,for your lovely comment.^^
    Of course we can follow each other on BLOGLOVIN and GFC.
    Do you start with the follow?
    Lovely greets Nessa

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  24. I love DIY's :D of course we can follow each other ^^

    I'm already following you on gfc and bloglovin :)

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  25. oh wow!
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    following you now on bloglovin & GFC

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  26. I love the more personal stuff on your blog! This tie dyed tshirt looks awesome and it looks great with your jeans :)

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    following you now
    please follow me back

    Danica Stark

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  28. Hello! thanks for visiting my blog :) im so glad i found yours! i love diys!

    am following you now via GFC. :) hope u follow me back :)

    xx
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  29. this is so cool!
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    -cece

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  30. before I say thanks a lot for your comment on my blog, and you are willing to take the time to visit my blog, i'm very excited…
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  31. I'm going to try this during the summer :)

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  32. Here I am! Now I'm following you! Great T-shirt! Congrats

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  33. Looks amazing! And sure, following you now on GFC [315] Please follow back :) xx
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  34. AMAZING!! I love this type of DIY's!!
    And yeah, I'd love us to follow each other! I followed you, hope you follow back!xx

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  35. Wow,your blog really inspiring.I really love the work you do here.And of course I'd love to follow each other,just let me know from where?

    xx

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  36. Wow, it's so beautiful! I'm so impressed, those t-shirts look amazing! : )

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  37. of course I wanna follow each other! following you and waiting for you on mine's! xxxxxx

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  38. you should turn these into muscle tees <3 awesome diy btw.. and i adore your blog :3


    would you like to follow each other?
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  39. i tie dyed my shirt today with green and yellow, i hope it turns out like yours, it looks so great!

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  40. Thank you so much for the DIY!!! Love it lots, so much helpful! <3

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