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

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

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

9. Many Dyed Yarns Woven Together

10. Screen Prints

11. Laser Printers

12. Types of Dyes

13. 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

14. Indigo

15. Rust

16. Tea

17. Dye Applications

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

19. Dip Dyeing

20. Vat Dye

21. Shibori Dye Techniques

22. Arashi (Pole Wrapping)

23. Mokume (Textured Stitching)

24. Kumo (Spider-Web Binding)

25. Pleating Stripes

26. Itajime (Shape Resist)

27. Itajime (Shape Resist with Marbles)

28. Itajime (Shape Resist with Clothespins)

29. Yanagi (Willow Tree Patterns)

30. Batik

31. Using Wax to Resist Dye

32. Washable Resist

33. Discharging Color

34. Common Methods
Bleach
Soda Ash
Sun Bleaching

35. Tie Dyeing

36. Scrunch (Crumple)

37. Common Tie Dye Techniques

38. Project Steps

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

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

41. 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

42. 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.

43. 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.

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

45. 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