![]() The more water in the shirt the less dye is able to penetrate, which gives you a very fragmented and beautiful spiral design. You can make this advanced spiral by soaking the shirt very well before you dye it. More advanced spiral designs are also the ones where you want more white to appear such as the exploded or fragmented spiral which I like a lot. You can also make super spirals by carefully making a pleated spiral and then dyeing it very well. The most advanced and complex spiral patterns are the ones where you need to tie-dye multiple different spirals on the same pice of fabric. We find that when you do it carefully it really doesn’t make much of a mess but when you’re new you can never be too sure! People like to use paper towels or newspapers to protect they work area. We find that the easiest solution is to simply tie-dye the shirt directly in the sink or in a bucket. Once you have your dye bottles and you’re all set and ready to tie-dye, just go ahead and put your folded spiral where you can squirt water on it and it will not make a mess. The simple classic rainbow spiral is easy to do, you just make 3 quadrants and dye each one a different color, red, yellow, and blue. They may use the same technique for folding (the spiral) but they can vary in the way you dye it. When you dye the design you need to know that every pattern has a different way of dyeing it. ![]() The trick to dyeing a spiral pattern is where you put the color. So each quadrant represents 1/3 of the surface of the shirt. We like personally to separate the shirt in three parts, one for each color. Just separate the folded spiral just as if it was a pizza or a pie. ![]() Blue, red, and yellow are the main colors we like to use they are easy and great for beginners to learn how to pick colors for tie-dye and learn what colors combos work well together. For the classic spiral pattern we need to mix three bottles to have all the three colors we need. To complete your design and shirt, follow the instructions listed on the Tie Dye Basics: Quickstart Guide page.So you’ve managed to twist your way to a neatly folded shirt, but how do you actually dye it? The first thing you need to make sure you do is to prepare the colors you’ll be using. Flip the disc shaped shirt over and add matching dye colors to the corresponding segments from this side also.Apply dyes to the different segments to create your design, creating pie like shapes with each color.Add rubber bands around the disc shape to form pie like segments.Twist the shirt from the center point and spin until the entire shirt is shaped like a round disc.Use your fingers (or even a fork) and pinch the fabric of the shirt at the starting point, which will be the center of your spiral.Lay your shirt out flat on your covered working surface.Another variation of this design is the complete the spiral design, and then add a light wash of a single color of dye to the top surface and bottom surface of the disc shaped fabric. Typically you will see this design used with a sequence of rainbow color segments, but it can be done with as few colors as two and still have beautiful results. Variations include the placement of the center of the spiral, such as corner, left or right breast and even multiple spirals on the same shirt. It looks complex, but it’s actually very easy. It’s by far the most recognizable and popular design.
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