In this book, acclaimed fashion designer and artist Shabd Simon-Alexander shares her techniques for creating the innovative styles that make her own hand-dyed collection so popular. Packed with Shabd’s design secrets, color guidance, expert tips on making each piece distinctly your own, and twenty-two step-by-step projects for garments, accessories, and home décor items, this book will soon have you creating sophisticated dresses, leggings, scarves, tees, and more. Once you experience tie-dye like this, you’ll never think of it the same way again!
: How to Make Over 20 Fabulous Patterns Start Your Tie-Dye Adventure! Tie-dye is an adventure every time. Express your creativity with vibrant stripes, spirals, swirls, sunbursts and more. Inside you'll learn the secrets of making your own brilliantly-colored designs, using fade-resistant, easy-to-apply cold water dyes and popular tie-dyeing techniques. Learn how to tie-dye with: 33 Terrific Projects Popular Tie-Dye Techniques Tricks of the Trade Sunbursts, Circles, Stripes, Swirls and More Tie-Dyeing for Groups & Fund Raisers
This kit brings the ancient art of indigo dyeing to the home dyer in a user-friendly formulation. Indigo dye, which comes from a plant, is one of the oldest dyes used for coloring fabrics and the one still used today to color blue jeans. This natural dye process has long been used in many cultures around the world. The unique characteristics of indigo dyeing make it easy to create wonderful resist patterns on fabric. With a resurgence of interest in indigo and ethnic patterning in the fashion world, this kit is sure to be a winner! Dyes up to 15 yards/5 lbs (2.27 kg) of fabric or 15 T-shirts. Dye bath lasts for several weeks. For use on all 100% natural fibers. Includes 2 applicator bottles with colors chosen to specifically complement each other, vinyl gloves, rubber bands and 1/3 pound of soda ash dye fixer.