What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about tie dye? An image of a hippie at Woodstock in a rainbow swirl tee? A memory of squirting every color you could get your hands on on a t-shirt at summer camp? We’re with you. Traditional tie dye is a little wild,...
This post was originally published in June 2021 and updated as of May 2023. Learn how to make a firecracker tie dye t-shirt, perfect for the most patriotic day of the year, with this easy tie dye tutorial! We’ll share all our tips and tricks and walk you through the whole process, step-by-step. How to...
Today we’re going to help you get started on your journey to becoming a tie dye expert by sharing 5 tie dye techniques that you can try now! All you need is some fabric, rubber bands, and dye and you’ll be on your way to creating and mastering a variety of patterns and designs using...
You’d think that after writing the book on tie dye we wouldn’t be surprised by any new methods, but when we were introduced to Tulip’s new Mystery Dye Poppers our minds were blown! This method is totally new, totally fresh and maybe the most fun way to tie dye out there. Here’s how it works:...
For this Tie Dye Tiger Stripes project, we use bleach to reverse dye a beige sweat suit, bringing out more subtle variations in the fabric and creating a stripe effect. You might not even believe we achieved these results using a tie dye method, but it’s true! When we set out to write our tie...
As we’ve been testing different tie dye methods over the past year in preparation for our new tie dye book, we completely fell in love with natural dyes. We tried dyeing with hibiscus tea, turmeric, and avocado pits and each was a lovely success (you can see the projects we made with each in our...
This post was originally published April 2021 and updated as of July 2022. Today we are sharing the tutorial (and some helpful tips) for DIY reverse tie dye sweatshirts! We got the adult and youth Girl Gang sweatshirts from our friends at Wildberry Waves, so we could match with our girls, and then we added...
Being a mom can certainly be a thankless job at times so you’ve gotta look for the silver-linings: Cozy snuggles with sleeping babies, getting to revisit Harry Potter together, and a BIG one for us is getting to twin with our little girls. I cannot explain why I get such a high from it, but...
