Does Anyone Tie Dye?

United States
January 8, 2007 3:25pm CST
I remember when I was a teen, tie dying T Shirts was the in thing. Everyone did it. I have noticed that it is starting to be the in thing again. Does anyone tie dye T Shirts?
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
11 Jan 07
I have been wearing tye dyed shirts all my life. I also make them with white mens Tshirts. When my daughter was pregnant I made her one with a bulls eye for her belly, it just kept getting bigger with her belly. I made a bunch of them and hung them out on the clothes line to dry, they looked so cool lined up like that. I had pink, blue, black and purple ones.
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
16 Feb 07
Thank you!!!!
• United States
11 Jan 07
Wow! I would love to see the bulls eye one on a pregnant woman. I bet it was cool. That is a great idea. Maternity clothes are so expensive. That would be such a frugal way to make stylish maternity clothes. I love way you description of the clothes line scene.How cool is that??? I love your idea. LOL
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
10 Jan 07
Hey! Yes, I used to do this! (As a male, of course, it was the 'scientific' thing about resisting dyes and not letting it soak in too far, and then the 'childish' wonder that there was a pattern there - like folding paper and cutting snowflakes or rows of people holding hands). I also was fascinated by the possibilities of wax resist and even bought a tjantang but my wife got interested, so I lost interest - that's the way things go!
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• United States
11 Jan 07
You and your wife could do it together you know? LOL Family fun!
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• United States
8 Jan 07
I would do tye dye projects with my girl scout troop. They loved it. I am not sure that I have a need for it myself. Maybe if the grandkids came over and I needed a project for them. Summertime is a great time to do it. The grass doesn't mind the color change.
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• United States
10 Jan 07
I just love tye dyed shirts. They are great to wear in summer. They just are plain "Cool". I make them from mens T Shirts and make them loose so they are comfy. I bet the girl scouts did love them. Do you do it each year or was it a one time thing?
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• United States
8 Jan 07
I/We use to tie dye when we were teenagers. I have not done this in years. But it can be fun and a great way to spend time with the kids and have fun all at the same time. I'm glad to hear that is starting to come back into style.
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• United States
10 Jan 07
I had no idea that they were still popular till I was reading all these comments. I am impressed. I dont see too many on people these days. I love them. They are so cool to make and wear. I think they are comfy. I may make several for myself now that they are coming back in style.
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@shywolf (4514)
• United States
10 Jan 07
Oh my gosh, I remember tie-dying a few shirts in my time! I love colorful clothing, so tie dye has never gone out of fashion in my eyes! ^_^ I would love to do some tie-dye work again. I remember it being so much fun! I had totally forgotten about the days when I used to work on such projects. Thank you for the reminder! ^_^
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• United States
10 Jan 07
Great memories are the best! Maybe you should go out and make you some. I plan on it. Sounds like it back in style. I am impressed because I just love them.
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• United States
8 Jan 07
Oh yes- I've tie dyed many a shirts in my life and I'm not that old lol. I was part of many drama teams and some sports and we always tie dyed our shirts. They were just a fun way to make them personal and only for your team. It is so much fun and there are so many ways to make cool designs!
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• United States
10 Jan 07
I had no idea that this many people still tye dyed shirts. I love them. I wish all the schools would use this method for sports. They are much cheaper than the uniforms and they look better in my opinion. It is fun to do as a group.
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@ashiflett (1045)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Yes, I make and create tie dye t-shirts almost on a daily basis to sell online and through various venues like the flea markets and Ebay. I thoroughly enjoy it! The anticipation of waiting to see how it turns out is almost unbearable!
@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
16 Feb 07
I did this last year with Girl Scouts. The troop bought socks and anyone who wanted a t-shirt was told to bring one in. We did several different styles. Here is a wonderful site with directions for folding the fabric: http://www.prochemical.com/directions/Folding.htm There are lots more out there if you care to search. The only trouble I had was the circles tend to stay poked out, and even washing,drying,and ironing would not remove the pooched out part! I also this year used paper towels and washable markers. I did many of these to practice before the meeting and had SOOO much fun with it.you just fold the towel, mark it in colors of your choice and then spray with water lightly. The colors will run and make wonderful designs.
@babystar1 (4233)
• United States
11 Jan 07
Oh ya,I tie dyed to, it was so much fun.I made them for my kids But I did not know that was starting to be the thing again.Now I can tye dye T Shirts for my grandkids.
• United States
8 Jan 07
Hi, I've tie dyed shirts. My college soccer team wanted some cool shirts just for the team for practice, so we all got together one night and just tie dyed our shirts together any way we wanted them. It was a lot of fun.
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• United States
10 Jan 07
That sounds like so much fun. Isn't it great that you can make such cool shirts out of a plain T shirt.
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