An awesome friend of mine has been throwing an annual tie dye party for the last several years (which I thought I had posted about other years, but I apparently not). I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with tie dye. On one hand, I think it looks so fun, and O. really enjoys designing his shirts. On the other hand, I like precision. Which, you know, is pretty much the polar opposite of tie dyeing. So every year I agonize for way too long over everything, and it ends up turning out just fine. Two things I have learned over the years, though, are to use way more dye than you think you need and that looser rubber bands = less white (shocking, huh?).
Here are our finished products from this year:
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Skirt for me, tee and dress for E. (skirt and dress blanks from Dharma) |
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O's tees -- he's really into purple at the moment |
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Napkins |
Tie dye obsessing was aided and and abetted by Pinterest this year. I can barely remember life without Pinterest. Heh. Here's my
tie dye board, if you'd like to check out the inspiration and instructions for some of the folds.
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