The marble effect is obtained by scrunching the fabric creating the tightly rippled dying surface that produces the pattern.
Marbled tie dye techniques.
There are lots of different folding and tying techniques that you can use for bleach dying.
Pour solution in a small squeeze bottle.
The marble tie dye technique requires a lot of a one common household item shaving cream.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Fill a baking tray with shaving cream.
Repeat with complementary colors.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
The traditional marbling techniques for paper and fabric involve floating your paints dyes atop a pan of water or gel and then swirling combing etc.
These shoes were my first try with this technique on a shoe so it really is that easy.
Tie dye marble basics.
Drip dye colors all over.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
Step 1 lay the t shirt out on a non porous surface like a utility table with a stainless steel or plastic table top.
Leave it at that for a rather simple circle or for a more vibrant pattern like shown above wrap another rubber band binding just fabric this time a little ways below the marble.
Scrape off excess foam.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
Each method will give you a different pattern or design on your finished item.
Wearing rubber gloves mix four tablespoons of rit all purpose liquid dye with one cup of very hot water.
If you want your shirt to have a light design with some white still visible use your dye sparingly.
Do not soak the entire shirt with dye.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
To get the patterns.
Use rit colorstay dye fixative after dyeing and before washing to enhance the color increase color retention and prevent dye from bleeding in to white areas.
You can use traditional tie dye techniques like the spiral design or shibori techniques like itajime.
Place fabric gently on the pan.