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Dye Sprinkle powdered procion dye over the ice. I no longer suggest adding more soda ash on with the dye. All steps: Fleece These 2 shirts are dyed with a layer of polyester fleece backing, to bulk the thin shirt fabric. Lay it flat first. Bin Stuff the shirt into a bin and make sure it's snug enough to keep the peaks upright. Good drainage is a must. Compare A second shirt is folded and set up in the same way. One shirt is left to melt at room temp. The other is set up with a space heater speeding up the melting. Contemplate Which side of the shirt should face up? I can never remember what looks the best. Probably face down is best. haha. Set up Both of these shirts were set up on an incline, with mega blocks holding up one end of the metal bin. Fast melt This is the result of the faster melt speed. I think it caused the dye to move through the shirt faster than it could react to the fabric. Fold Make tall scrunches and squish them together. Taller will make longer flowing lines. Dye Sprinkle powdered procion dye over the ice. I no longer suggest adding more soda ash on with the dye. Slow melt This shirt has a more even result in color saturation, with a longer melt time. Neither is wrong, but I do prefer the slower melt. See all tutorials

100% Cotton Jersey DUI Swatch made with procion dye by See all colors Blue Abyss Dharma Linda Phillips 100% Cotton Jersey DUI

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Instant gratification "fold" by just rolling the shirt. Black Ice Instant gratification "fold" by just rolling the shirt. Supplies I decided to use just one color so I could create a swatch for the color “black ice” from Dharma. My shirt is 100% cotton in size medium. Soda ash This shirt was pre-soaked in soda, ash water in a repurposed bucket that used to be a kitty litter container. It was only hand wrung, so it was pretty wet before folding. Fold I folded the shirt up at an angle. On that fold line, started rolling the fabric really tight in the center, but I let it roll looser on each end. Setup I used a wire basket and a cooling rack above the plastic bin so that the item would drip off excess ice and dye. Application I decided to apply the dye with ice, so I piled on a bunch of ice before adding dye. The green fleece around the shirt is just meant to hold up the ice around the shirt so it gets plenty of liquid. Incline These days it’s common for people to do an incline set up when they’re using some variation of the rolled technique. I used some mega blocks to hold the basket up at about a 30° incline. Batching It took about six hours for the ice to melt. I let it sit for about 18 more hours to fully set and this is what it looks like after the ice has melted. Rinse I threw the shirt into my utility sink and sprayed it with cold water until it ran mostly clear. Then I rinsed it with hot water and then sent it through the washing machine with some normal detergent. Result The final shirt turned out pretty cool. I like the way the fold turned out, as well as this die color. Next time, I would like to add some black somewhere on the shirt just for a little extra contrast. See All Tutorials Cotton fabric A plant-based fiber that bonds well with fiber reactive dye. Common in shirts and towels. Dye over ice process When someone sprinkles powdered dye over the ice, when ice dyeing.

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Saturation As you can see in this image, where I am unfolding the shirt, there’s a lot of white space remaining. If you pay attention when you’re unfolding and think about how you placed the dye, you can get a feel for how to do it differently in the future to get the saturation that you want. All steps: Preparation I am using a 100% cotton shirt that has been pre-soaked in soda ash water. The color I’m using is dark brown by Dharma Trading Co. Mega Blocks I wanted to dye this on an incline, so I used some mega blocks to prop the metal basket up on the cookie cooling rack. Mega blocks are awesome for tie-dye because they can be stacked and used for several purposes. Batching It took about six hours for the ice and the dye to melt through. It all collected in the bin under the cooling rack. Trying to get flow ice results does not work well unless you have drainage for the melt to drop off. Poly Fleece The shirt is inside out and facing down. I laid it on top of a large piece of polyester fleece. Then I used tall, scrunchies and shove the whole thing in a snug basket. PPE Usually, I wear a full painters mask to make sure that I’m not breathing in any of the fine dust from the dye. The dye can float in the air for a while, and you don’t wanna be breathing that in. Also, it’s a good idea to wear gloves because touching soda ash can irritate your skin. Saturation As you can see in this image, where I am unfolding the shirt, there’s a lot of white space remaining. If you pay attention when you’re unfolding and think about how you placed the dye, you can get a feel for how to do it differently in the future to get the saturation that you want. Ice When I’m ice dyeing a shirt, I usually add about the same height of ice as the height of the thing that is folded. I did not sprinkle on any extra soda ash with the ice and the dye. DOI I sprinkled about half a teaspoon of powdered dye over the middle section of the ice. If I could do it over again, I probably would’ve added more dye all over. Wash & Dry Here’s what the dark brown color looks like in the flowy ice dye style when the shirt is fully washed and dried. I love this color and will definitely use it again. I would like to try combining it with a dark color for more contrast. See all tutorials

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Ice dyed quilting cotton, DOI Swatch made with procion dye by See all colors Peach Dharma Jessthestitcher Ice dyed quilting cotton, DOI

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