{"id":748,"date":"2018-07-18T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=748"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:30:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:30:39","slug":"tiedying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/07\/18\/tiedying\/","title":{"rendered":"Tie-dying fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tie-dying-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-749 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tie-dying-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tie-dying-2.jpg 630w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tie-dying-2-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Its school holidays and sometimes one gets bored \u2013 especially when it\u2019s cold.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming you have no desire to read a book (I never give up \u2013 do I?)\u2014 what about having some fun tie-dying a piece of clothing\u2026 or even your socks (cotton ones work best). Although please check with your parental agent first though, before you start adding colour to your wardrobe.<\/p>\n<p>This is what you need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fabric paint<\/li>\n<li>Elastic bands (you can use loom bands \u2013 they are cheap and work a treat)<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<li>Old plastic containers<\/li>\n<li>Black bag<\/li>\n<li>Rubber gloves (or small plastic bags to put over your hands)<\/li>\n<li>Paint brush<\/li>\n<li>Old white or light-coloured t-shirt<\/li>\n<li>Imagination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These days you get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dala.co.za\/\">Dala fabric paints<\/a> that actually come in little spray bottles. They make life super easy because you don\u2019t really even need to mix paint in containers with water or extender.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you want to breathe some life back into an old grungy t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>First thing you do is make a little peak and wrap a rubber band around the bottom of it. Do many of these all over your garment (including the sleeves) so it looks a bit like a fabric hedgehog.<\/p>\n<p>Put on your gloves, spread out the black bag (or any big sheet of plastic) somewhere where you won\u2019t get into trouble for messing and lay your t-shirt on top of it.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve got the Dala fabric spray paints, go wild and spray colour all over your t-shirt.\u00a0 Make sure you do both sides \u2013 you can always mop up any excess paint that you\u2019ve sprayed on the black bag too.<\/p>\n<p>If you have jars of fabric paint \u2013 put two teaspoons (<em>make sure you wash the spoon immediately or use a plastic spoon<\/em>) of paint into about half a cup of water, mix it up well and then use your paintbrush to slosh the paint onto your t-shirt.\u00a0 Two or three colours works best, but one colour will still look cool because it will contrast with the original colour of the T-shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Please ensure you don\u2019t work on a carpet &#8211; fabric paint stains. Food colouring is even messier but can be used in lieu of paint. This is why you must cover your surface with plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Hang your T-shirt on the line and wait until it is properly dry before you take the rubber bands off.<\/p>\n<p>Iron it to set the dye \u2013 otherwise it will wash out.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n<p>Sibo<\/p>\n<p>xxxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its school holidays and sometimes one gets bored \u2013 especially when it\u2019s cold. Assuming you have no desire to read a book (I never give up \u2013 do I?)\u2014 what about having some fun tie-dying a piece of clothing\u2026 or even your socks (cotton ones work best). 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