The more places you tie rubber bands and the tighter you wrap the fabric the more white space will be left when you dye it because the dye won t be able to penetrate those areas fully.
Tie dyeing with marbles.
Then use a squeeze bottle full of the fabric dye to drench the surface of the t shirt.
Marble tie dye technique.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
Lay the fabric flat pinch the middle and pull up.
Traditionally one bottle is used in the marbling technique but more colors can be introduced if desired.
Make sure hands are protected with latex gloves before handling the dye.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
Wearing rubber gloves mix four tablespoons of rit all purpose liquid dye with one cup of very hot water.
Drop the fabric dye s evenly along the surface of the foam add several colours if you would like.
I used predominately purple rit purple 13 and a bit of blue rit evening blue 27.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
Take your popsicle stick tooth pick and run it through the foam spreading the colours around.
Drip dye colors all over.
Wrap rubber bands around the fabric spacing them out as much as you want.
Bind fabric marble.
Repeat with complementary colors.
Lay out plastic trash bags or sheeting i like to cut kitchen trash.