So i needed another set of muslins (it's teething time!) and i wanted to do rainbow spiral tie-dye. It's pretty easy...it's just a matter of laying out the material and then sticking a paintbrush on pencil or something in the middle and winding to make a little coiled pancake. Then secure with elastic bands (i used thread). Then it's just a matter of applying each dye to a quarter of the pancake.
Easy peasy right? See those gorgeous rainbows below?...I learned something painful with this craft...dont try to keep already-made-up cold water dye, it's not stable and it doesn't keep. These beautiful rainbows below washed away to a dingy grey - imagine my disappointment when i opened the washing machine to pull them out!!!
So i was so angry that there was nothing to do but repeat the whole process the next night with the dingy grey muslins and some newly-made-up dye. Only problem was, I didn't have any blue left...only a pale purple. I was thinking is purple too girly for a boy??....well i needn't have worried, it didn't stay purple.....the red washed out to cerise pink (my fault, i didn't make it strong enough) and the purple washed out to pale pink.......talk about girly??? Needless to say, i refuse to waste them and will be using them for my boy just the same! lol!
