Tie-Dye

Well, we all knew it was coming eventually. Traveling Tie Dye has to tie dye some t-shirts at one point in her journey.

Teresa and I have been saving up shirts since we started the program. I had a white blood donor shirt, white skydiving shirt, and white Disney college program shirt. Do we see a trend of the word, “white?” Well as of last week, they are no longer white!

I love being crafty so it was a good afternoon. I have only tie dyed once before this occasion since my obsession with tie dye began. Yes, I believe it might be an obsession, but on some scale, it’s not my fault. People just keep buying me tie dyed things.

Last summer for my demonstration speech in speech class, I did “How to Tie Dye.” And the night before the speech was full of tie dying with Leslie. It was a fun adventure and I got some cool shirts out of it.

Last week was even more successful; I love experimenting. For small details, we did a couple swirls, bulls eye, crumple, and a folded one. I bet that last sentence makes no sense, but it’s variations of tie dye. The thing I love most about tie dye is that you will never have the same results. Different folds and different colors will always result in a new surprise.

However, the most important thing about tie dye is to have no expectations. If you want it to turn out a specific way, it most likely will not so it’s best to just not have expectations when you start. Teresa struggled with this idea. She might even be a bit of a perfectionist.

Oh yes, I might add that we attempted and conquered the Mickey head as well!

Enjoy the pictures!