Ice Dyed Shirt

A friend gave me this shirt and asked me to "Do something fun" on it for them.  Soooooo I soaked it in a soda ash solution. Then I draped and spread out the bottom of the shirt in a bucket and clipped the shoulders to a dowel that is resting across the top of the bucket. I dumped a good layer of ice over the cloth that is spread out in the bottom of the bucket.  I sprinkled the ice cubes with black dye powder. Then I lowered a bit more of the shirt in to the bottom of the bucket and put more ice cubes over it. Then I  sprinkled more black dye powder over the ice cubes. Finally, I sprinkled dye powder directly onto the damp fabric remaining above the ice. Then I let it sit for 24 hours!  Washed out the excess dye and WOW what a design!!!!

 

Need to do one of these for myself!

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Close up of a neat, veiny design.

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