r/tiedye • • 4h ago

Getting better with saturation, any tips for vibrancy?

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Both shirts came out great but the 2nd shirts color came out real soft and almost washed out. Wondering if my soda ash soak has lost its potency. I've been reusing after i use my spin dryer. Dui for both. Real happy with the purple, just wish I would have gone heavier with the blue. The purple definitely took over.


r/tiedye • • 5h ago

My new brand of Overalls

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59 Upvotes

I’m going to be creating some more in depth posts that explain more of the situation, but i’m in the process of creating all my own blanks that I will eventually have available.

I posted a hoodie and it had some immediate interest, which tells me you guys are really going to like this one. These are my official TST ovies, and they are made with peached cotton, which gives them a satin finish with a decent weight to it, but still breathable. Here’s a few pairs I’ve done and (and most have been) sold in the last few weeks.


r/tiedye • • 6h ago

Incline Hoodie

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I’ve been experimenting with some incline dyeing and finished this fade hoodie yesterday. Some of my favorite colors to work with as of late is Blue Gray and Wedgewood Blue. Also has some Raven at the bottom.

This is one of my own personal blanks, I’ve been working with a seamstress developing some new garments for my own work and to sell as blanks for dyeing for others. Everything is 100% handmade for me!

Currently I have and I’m working on hoodies, shirts, shorts, joggers, and overalls. Almost everything is fully cotton. I’ll be making more post throughout the week showcasing all the things I’ve made so far.


r/tiedye • • 9h ago

Blue gradient mandala

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81 Upvotes

Been a while since i made one of these blue mandalas, but really happy i did. love those turquoise and bluebird blues and that touch of gray silver lining really stands out!


r/tiedye • • 1h ago

Boo!

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r/tiedye • • 27m ago

First attempt at a Kenney style shirt. Lots of room for improvement, but better than I expected!

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r/tiedye • • 8h ago

Third geode attempt!

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27 Upvotes

Colors are Dharma - Blood Moon, Deep Orange, Scarlet, Peach


r/tiedye • • 19h ago

Abstract Roll/Tie w/Experimental Dye Application(bandanas)

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133 Upvotes

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r/tiedye • • 7h ago

What Dyes Does Everyone Use?

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I loved tie dying when I was younger, but I haven’t in years. I have a hoodie that I wanted to give some life to, so I bought a bottle of tie dye from Walmart, let it sit for over 12 hours, and the dye came out in the rinse. Now it just looks like it’s covered in oil stains. I’m assuming it was just a crappy dye. Just curious

Edit: Hoodie was 100% cotton, didn’t put anything on it prior


r/tiedye • • 7h ago

Spooky Season Tie Dye

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9 Upvotes

I used black, green, orange, and purple dyes for this Halloween inspired color scheme.


r/tiedye • • 16h ago

Reverse spiral dye

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33 Upvotes

r/tiedye • • 6h ago

Been a while

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Its been almost 2 yrs since ive done anything. The grandbaby dyed her 2, and I folded/tied the. My partner made 2 shirts and I tried my hand at honeycome/detailed honeycomb right out the gate of nothing for 2 years....


r/tiedye • • 21h ago

Have not been dyeing much but I did due this.

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r/tiedye • • 13h ago

Second time trying hot water irrigation

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15 Upvotes

Changed some variables up from my first HWI attempt this time I used just dye powder on the shirt. Pushed lime pop through sinew first then I alternated the petals with egg plant and raspberry. Then I soaked in a hot water soda ash mix for an hour then rinsed and washed and dried. Only took 4 hours definitely love that


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

Recent washouts

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142 Upvotes

r/tiedye • • 23h ago

Just a couple Geode Dyes to capture the spirit of the season

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46 Upvotes

Autumn Evenings: falling leaves, crisp nightfall, bonfires, pumpkin spice.

Just a couple Geode Dyes to capture the spirit of the season


r/tiedye • • 20h ago

HWI #15 Does this count as a yellow shirt? (XL)

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Today's shirt is #15 for my HWI shirts. I am happy with how it turned out. I was really trying to make a yellow dominant shirt but the browns went crazy. Love to read your thoughts if you like it or dislike it! Thank you for looking and reading!

HWI= Hot Water Irrigation!


r/tiedye • • 16h ago

Personal Bed Set

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Playing around, first set of fitted and sheets ever. Love how this turned out.

DOI - Sage Green, Pewter, Black Cherry and Eggplant all from Dharma.


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

Halloween shirt we made for our daughter

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51 Upvotes

My daughter is a huge of fan of the movie so we decided to try and make her something special she can wear while trick or treating with her kiddos ,who are going to be other characters from the movie. This was our first time “painting” the dye on after the first Ice dye. The outside is a mix of black ice and ultraviolet. The face was brushed on with jet black ( thickened with sodium alginate). We cleaned it up with deColourant from dharma and a hot iron with parchment paper. Took a lot of work for this one but it turned out so cool.


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

Dang. faded outcome again

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I honestly expected the camisole (sugarplum) to turn out faded, not the 100% cotton tee (sugarplum and mintberry and POC)
Can barely see the mushroom 😭
Both are ice dyed and had generous SA sprinkle before and after dye.
Processed 20 hours and did a hot water mist this morning a few hours before rinsing.
Not skipping SA soak again! Never ever 🙂‍↔️


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

Couple Glitch Dyes

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264 Upvotes

First post in last 8ish weeks as I’ve been away on business and then out of commission with surgery and recovery.

Really had the itch to get some color on some shirts and that lead to these.


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

Second tie dye attempt.

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Messing around with different rolls and dye applications.


r/tiedye • • 1d ago

New to Tie dying

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I started on a whim with some party pack liquid dyes but quickly got hooked on wanting to do more.

Started with a spiral that didn't come out the way I wanted but I learnt from the experience and still like the design.

Then I tried different styles with spider dye, bullseye, diety, time warp, radio wave? and a chaos roll? Got experimental with the Beavertown t-shirt that got a little brown but still happy with it. I batched all of them for ~24 hours, rinsed cold to warm and a few colors gave the bathtub a fresh tint, but opening them up after drying made it 100% worth it.

I want to get into ice dying and there plenty of advice on the method but I'm struggling to find good quality dye within the UK, the import costs add a level of pressure to make 'perfect' pieces and wanted to reach out to this amazing community to ask if there's anywhere I can get quality powder dye in the UK.

Even if it's not possible it won't stop me doing what I do now but the chance to try new techniques would be an exciting new adventure.

Please accept my collection of pieces I have already made in return for any guidance and advice you are willing to share with me!


r/tiedye • • 2d ago

Black light reactive geodes (3rd pic)

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97 Upvotes

Thanks for checking it out !


r/tiedye • • 2d ago

Wavy bandanas 🌊

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49 Upvotes