Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Marbled tie dye techniques.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
To get the patterns.
Pour solution in a small squeeze bottle.
Scrape off excess foam.
Step 1 lay the t shirt out on a non porous surface like a utility table with a stainless steel or plastic table top.
There are lots of different folding and tying techniques that you can use for bleach dying.
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.
You can use traditional tie dye techniques like the spiral design or shibori techniques like itajime.
Fill a baking tray with shaving cream.
The key to achieving a colourful and intriguing design when using a marble tie dye technique lies in the saturation of the dye.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
Use rit colorstay dye fixative after dyeing and before washing to enhance the color increase color retention and prevent dye from bleeding in to white areas.
Tie dye marble basics.
These shoes were my first try with this technique on a shoe so it really is that easy.
Drip dye colors all over.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
The marble effect is obtained by scrunching the fabric creating the tightly rippled dying surface that produces the pattern.
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.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
If you want your shirt to have a light design with some white still visible use your dye sparingly.
The marble tie dye technique requires a lot of a one common household item shaving cream.
Do not soak the entire shirt with dye.
Each method will give you a different pattern or design on your finished item.
Wearing rubber gloves mix four tablespoons of rit all purpose liquid dye with one cup of very hot water.