Tie Dyeing

Here are some pictures of the Tie Dye shirts we did when we went camping. In Jun08 we did the same thing with the Duryea families, however the tie dyeing in Aug08 with the Layton families worked much better.
Here are some tips:
Use only 100% cotton shirts
Wash the shirts and dry them before you dye them (NO DRYER SHEETS)
DO NOT USE RITZ dye (or any other ALL PURPOSE DYE)
Use Very Warm water when mixing the dye
After dyeing, wash in hot water and rinse in cold water - then dry them in the dryer.
(Karly washed and dried hers and said the colors stayed - only the blue seemed to run a little)

We bought this kit at Michael's (http://www.duncancrafts.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=31bc94be-5d8c-4074-893c-9a8dbcd3aec9)
it says you can do 8 shirts with the kit - we had 2 kits and did 12 shirts and it was pretty skimpy. I'd say you could do 4 shirts with the kit and get some really good colors.
Everyone did their own thing, when tieing with the rubberbands - some of us did spirals, some did triangles, a few just folded the shirt like a fan and then put rubberbands every few inches.
The kit tells you how to do some of the designs.
It was lots of fun and we're probably going to make this a "camping" tradition.