I love how the split spiral tricks my eyes. I have to really look at it to see the change. Thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks to make these shirts. Have a nice 4th, Angie.
A definite success I love these Angie. I’m on my last and second day of my annual Fourth of July front yard sale having a blast. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.❤️😁✌️
A trick I've found works well to hold spirals is to use painters tape around the outside edge. Find the longest tag sticking out and clip it to the tape with an office binder clip, then wrap the tape around tightening the spiral and gathering the edges up. When you reach the binder clip unclip it and hold it and overlap the tape a decent amount. The tape will stick to itself better than the shirt. When you're done you have a tight spiral with no darned rubber bands in the middle to bounce wet or dry dye into places you don't want as you dye it! Dawn has worked well for me helping keep the dye from sticking to white areas. Thick water has always ended up as jello for me, I need to work on my ratios lol! I use the lab spoons too, they don't get the sort of static that some of the plastic spoons seem to and clean up easily between colors.
I want to try tape. I've heard it is great for spirals, and it would be so nice to not have the rubber bands in the middle. Lab spoons are my favorite. They come in so many sizes, and they clean up so easily. Normally I can just wipe them off with a paper towel between colors.
Thank you! It sure it easy to do. I use Carbona Color Sheets in my regular laundry. They catch any dye that is loose in the washing machine. It's saved a lot of whites when someone in my house accidentally throws a brightly colored item in the wrong basket.
I think the color-changing technique looks really cool, but if getting the dye on the rubber bands bounces it into unwanted areas, how about carefully placing the rubber bands so they intersect at the center of the spiral? This way you could use them for your dividing lines instead of using the marker and it would also keep the dye away from the middle.
Have you ever tried blue painters tape around the edge of a spiral instead of rubber bands? The dye still works on the areas it touches but then you don't have the rubber bands on top.
Great instructions. How do you keep the dye off when doing liquid dye? Love both of the shirts. I love the spikey look on both. I'm doing your patriotic gravity dye now.
Thank you! Pretty much the same way. I do usually add something to the white areas on liquid dyed shirts though (like water, Dawn dish soap water or thickened water), or I leave an extra large white area with the expectation that some of the dye is going to flow into that area. I think the spikey part looks really cool. 😀
Love the shirts! The flecks look fine. See my other comment for a way to get around the rubber band limbo dance ;) I think I like the second shirt best of the two but both are terrific!!
It might help a little, but I don't think so. You would still need to rinse out all of the soda ash before getting a lot of red or blue on the white area. The soda ash in the item is what bonds the dye with the fabric. Have you ever bought a new garment from the store, or even have one that you bought but have washed a few times that is red or another bright color and had it bleed in the washing machine onto lighter clothes and tint them that color? The garment is completely dry when you put it in the washer, but there is sodium carbonate or soda ash in most laundry detergent. It doesn't make the items that it bled onto super dark, but it will tint them with color. A dry shirt that still contains soda ash won't dye the white area super dark, but it can still tint it.
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I like the flecks, gives the shirts a great unique look. I also like the color splits on the double spiral shirt. Happy Independence Day!
Thank you! You too! 😀
I love how the split spiral tricks my eyes. I have to really look at it to see the change. Thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks to make these shirts. Have a nice 4th, Angie.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like it! 😀
A definite success I love these Angie. I’m on my last and second day of my annual Fourth of July front yard sale having a blast. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.❤️😁✌️
Thank you so much! Yard sales are a lot of work. I hope you sold a lot of stuff! 😀 I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend too!
Both of these shirts turned out great Angie!! I do love the split spiral as well!!!
Thanks so much 😊
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A trick I've found works well to hold spirals is to use painters tape around the outside edge. Find the longest tag sticking out and clip it to the tape with an office binder clip, then wrap the tape around tightening the spiral and gathering the edges up. When you reach the binder clip unclip it and hold it and overlap the tape a decent amount. The tape will stick to itself better than the shirt. When you're done you have a tight spiral with no darned rubber bands in the middle to bounce wet or dry dye into places you don't want as you dye it!
Dawn has worked well for me helping keep the dye from sticking to white areas. Thick water has always ended up as jello for me, I need to work on my ratios lol! I use the lab spoons too, they don't get the sort of static that some of the plastic spoons seem to and clean up easily between colors.
I want to try tape. I've heard it is great for spirals, and it would be so nice to not have the rubber bands in the middle.
Lab spoons are my favorite. They come in so many sizes, and they clean up so easily. Normally I can just wipe them off with a paper towel between colors.
Wow! I love how both of these turned out, especially the split spiral! I definitely need to pick up some midnight blue.
Thank you! I think they are both fun shirts for Independence Day!!! 😀
I love both of them. The 1st one is my favorite ❤
Thank you so much! 😀
Hi Angie. Both of these are great, but my favorite is the split spiral. I really need to go to Michael’s for t-shirts so I can practice spirals. Nancy
Thank you, Nancy! I think the split spiral looks really cool too. 😀
Love these shirts. I'm going to try them with thickened water. Thanks for always inspiring me!
Thank you so much! I hope you have fun with them! 😀
OK Wow! They both came out amazing. You do great spirals!!!
Thanks so much! 😊
Definitely 2 successes! I have learned so much from your videos keep up the good work!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like the videos. 😀
I like 'em. The 1st one is my favorite pattern wise though. But great video and tips. Thnxx Angie 🤜🏻
Thank you, I'm glad you like them! 😀
Some good tips. Its pretty easy to goof it and make a shirt that looks like a red pink and blue laundry accident lol
Thank you! It sure it easy to do. I use Carbona Color Sheets in my regular laundry. They catch any dye that is loose in the washing machine. It's saved a lot of whites when someone in my house accidentally throws a brightly colored item in the wrong basket.
Love them both ❤
Thank you so much! 😀
Love both of them!
Thank you so much! 😀
They both look great
Good job
Thank you so much! 😀
I think the color-changing technique looks really cool, but if getting the dye on the rubber bands bounces it into unwanted areas, how about carefully placing the rubber bands so they intersect at the center of the spiral? This way you could use them for your dividing lines instead of using the marker and it would also keep the dye away from the middle.
That would work. 😀
I love them both!!
Thank you so much! 😀
you did a great job and I love those shirts!!
Thank you so much!! 😀
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Love your videos. I really like the blue streaks into the white area on the first shirt (I think they're from the rubber bands?).
Thank you so much! 😀
Have you ever tried blue painters tape around the edge of a spiral instead of rubber bands? The dye still works on the areas it touches but then you don't have the rubber bands on top.
No, I haven't ever tried using painter's tape. That would eliminate the need for rubber bands. 😀
Great instructions. How do you keep the dye off when doing liquid dye?
Love both of the shirts. I love the spikey look on both. I'm doing your patriotic gravity dye now.
Thank you! Pretty much the same way. I do usually add something to the white areas on liquid dyed shirts though (like water, Dawn dish soap water or thickened water), or I leave an extra large white area with the expectation that some of the dye is going to flow into that area. I think the spikey part looks really cool. 😀
Love the shirts! The flecks look fine. See my other comment for a way to get around the rubber band limbo dance ;) I think I like the second shirt best of the two but both are terrific!!
Thank you! Painter's tape is a great idea!😀
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Would it help with the color bleed to let the shirt dry out completely? Or would the rinsing process reactivate the dye?
It might help a little, but I don't think so. You would still need to rinse out all of the soda ash before getting a lot of red or blue on the white area. The soda ash in the item is what bonds the dye with the fabric.
Have you ever bought a new garment from the store, or even have one that you bought but have washed a few times that is red or another bright color and had it bleed in the washing machine onto lighter clothes and tint them that color? The garment is completely dry when you put it in the washer, but there is sodium carbonate or soda ash in most laundry detergent. It doesn't make the items that it bled onto super dark, but it will tint them with color. A dry shirt that still contains soda ash won't dye the white area super dark, but it can still tint it.
You used Fire Red with the Midnight Blue, but the song says Cherry Red.
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you did a great job and I love those shirts!!