Montgomery High School - Fashion Design TIE DIP DYE WORKSHOPS Montgomery High School - Fashion Design

Today’s Objectives: Students will understand the most common fabric dyeing techniques and begin planning to create a custom tie dye piece.

Related TEKS (J)  apply knowledge of fibers, fabrics, and design when evaluating and designing textile products by: (i)  analyzing characteristics and properties of natural and manufactured fibers; (ii)  describing methods of textile production; and (iii)  assessing the effects of various environmental conditions on textiles; and

UPDATED Project Timeline Wednesday – Prewash shirts and swatch prep Thursday – Begin binding fabric Friday – Finish binding fabric Monday – Soda wash and dye MEET IN THE FOODS LAB Monday Night – Cold water rinse till water runs clear, and hang to dry Tuesday – Project pictures/grading Wednesday – Projects taken home

Natural Fiber Fabric Production: Review Fibers Threads Fabric (greige goods)

Greige Goods a woven fabric as it comes from the loom and before it has been submitted to the finishing process.

Synthetic Fiber Fabrics Filament dyed Can be chemically dyed later, but will wash out (fade) over time

Many Dyed Yarns Woven Together

Screen Prints

Laser Printers

Types of Dyes

Common Natural Dyes Orange: carrots, gold lichen, onion skins Brown: dandelion roots, oak bark, walnut hulls, tea, coffee, acorns Pink: berries, cherries, red and pink roses, avocado skins and seeds (really!) Blue: indigo, woad, red cabbage, elderberries, red mulberries, blueberries, purple grapes, dogwood bark Red-brown: pomegranates, beets, bamboo, hibiscus (reddish color flowers), bloodroot Grey-black: Blackberries, walnut hulls, iris root Red-purple: red sumac berries, basil leaves, day lilies, pokeweed berries, huckleberries Green: artichokes, sorrel roots, spinach, peppermint leaves, snapdragons, lilacs, grass, nettles, plantain, peach leaves Yellow: bay leaves, marigolds, sunflower petals, St John’s Wort, dandelion flowers, paprika, turmeric, celery leaves, lilac twigs, Queen Anne’s Lace roots, mahonia roots, barberry roots, yellowroot roots, yellow dock roots

Indigo

Rust

Tea

Dye Applications

Low Immersion Dyes Applied directly to sections of the garment Rest in a Ziploc bag

Dip Dyeing

Vat Dye

Shibori Dye Techniques

Arashi (Pole Wrapping)

Mokume (Textured Stitching)

Kumo (Spider-Web Binding)

Pleating Stripes

Itajime (Shape Resist)

Itajime (Shape Resist with Marbles)

Itajime (Shape Resist with Clothespins)

Yanagi (Willow Tree Patterns)

Batik

Using Wax to Resist Dye

Washable Resist

Discharging Color

Common Methods Bleach Soda Ash Sun Bleaching

Tie Dyeing

Scrunch (Crumple)

Common Tie Dye Techniques

Project Steps

What to Dye? T-shirt new or used (deodorant) Pillowcase Socks 100% Cotton

Pre-Wash Removes sizing and all other fabric finishes Prepares fabric for dyeing

Binding Be creative and consider applying more than one technique to your piece. Arashi – bring your own PVC pipe Itajime – bring your own wood/plastic shapes and clamp Batik using dye resist – bring your own bottle

Soda Ash Wash Soda ash changes the pH of the fiber-reactive dye and cellulose fiber so that the dye reacts with the fiber, making a permanent connection that holds the dye to the fiber. It actually activates the fiber molecules so that they can chemically attack the dye.

Dye We will be using Tulip brand dye. Colors are limited, so if you want a specific one, please buy your own dye refill like this one.

Swatch Techniques Natural dye (tea) Rust dye Batik Mokume Itajime Discharging color

Review: UPDATED Project Timeline Wednesday – Prewash shirts and swatch prep Thursday – Begin binding fabric Friday – Finish binding fabric Monday – Soda wash and dye MEET IN THE FOODS LAB Monday Night – Cold water rinse till water runs clear, and hang to dry Tuesday – Project pictures/grading Wednesday – Projects taken home