Best way to make tie dye shirts?

get a lot of rubber bands. tie off sections of the shirt with the bands. make it very haphazard and you will end up with a knobbly ball of shirt. use about 20-30 bands. after dying the effect will be circles with spikes. another way is to twist the shirt into a long line then put rubber bands along the length. this will give the effect of rings around the shirt. If you use a light colour to start with you can do the process over again and put the bands in different spots. This one you have unusual colours as well. If you want to experiment first use an old pillowcase and then you can choose which method you like best. Tie dying can give heaps of fun.

Hello Carol. You need a white cotton shirt. Dyes which you can get from a craft shop. Some salt(about2tablespoons),and some large thick rubber bands. Twist the shirt up, or bunch it, and secure with elastic bands.Get a big bucket or similar and stir dye into hot water(check-some dyes can be put into cold water).Drop shirt into dye. Leave for about 30 mins.Remember the fabric looks darker when wet. Remove garment and let it drip dry.When damp, resoak garment in water with salt in. The salt sets the dye. When that is all done, and garment is dry, take off rubber bands.

we had that as a project in school before (i'm a fashion design graduate). i used powder dyes and rubber band. dissolved the powder dye in water. tie rubber bands aroung the parts you wish to have the "tie-dye effect" on. 3-4 rubber banned area will do, but, it's really up to you. then, soak the whole thing in the water dye. leave it in for a minute or 2, or until the whole thing got colored with the dye. take it out. and carefully cut out the rubber bands. i did that and my teacher loved my work. come to think of it... i don't think i got my project back..