The marble effect is obtained by scrunching the fabric creating the tightly rippled dying surface that produces the pattern.
Marbled tie dye techniques.
You can use traditional tie dye techniques like the spiral design or shibori techniques like itajime.
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.
Slowly lift the fabric from the pan.
Each method will give you a different pattern or design on your finished item.
Tie dye marble basics.
The key to achieving a colourful and intriguing design when using a marble tie dye technique lies in the saturation of the dye.
Let the pillow sit on the pan for one to two minutes.
These shoes were my first try with this technique on a shoe so it really is that easy.
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.
Pour solution in a small squeeze bottle.
Apply light pressure to smooth.
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.
Swirl the drops with a stick.
There are lots of different folding and tying techniques that you can use for bleach dying.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
For this tie dye technique choose various places to wrap and bind a marble snugly in your fabric using rubber bands.
Wearing rubber gloves mix four tablespoons of rit all purpose liquid dye with one cup of very hot water.
I didn t know it would work with a shaving cream base.
Drip dye colors all over.
Scrape off excess foam.
I tried this method a few times on scrap fabric and then dove head first into reproducing it on these white canvas shoes.
Smooth with your hands or a spatula.
Repeat with complementary colors.
Place fabric gently on the pan.
If you want your shirt to have a light design with some white still visible use your dye sparingly.
Step 1 lay the t shirt out on a non porous surface like a utility table with a stainless steel or plastic table top.