Tie Dip Dye: 25 Fashion and Lifestyle Projects to Hand Dye in Your Own Kitchen

by Pepa Martin, Karen Davis

Create your own unique hand-dyed fashion and homewares with simple techniques you can master at home. Tie dye is back - and in a big way! Gracing catwalks and chic interiors the world over, hand-dyed textiles have never been cooler. This super-practical guide will show you everything you need to know to recreate these fantastic fabric effects in your own kitchen. Featuring an illustrated directory of dyeing techniques, the book reveals more than 25 creative effects that can be achieved with ease. From dip dyeing to pole wrapping, space dyeing to bleaching, trendy ombre shading to classic circles, this book contains all the essential skills you need to create contemporary patterned textiles. First you'll learn the basic steps needed to achieve beginner-level dyeing including choosing fabrics, selecting tools, creating a dye bath, different dyes and recipes, colours and design placement, and basic folding and clamping techniques. You'll then go on to master a wide range of dying techniques through step-by-step guides. Each technique is accompanied by a great project to show you how to use the technique to fantastic effect on clothing and home decor items. Create a basic dip-dyed dress, a pleated pole-wrapped t-shirt, a stitch resist pillowcase, a marble heat-set scarf, a striped tote bag, scrunch-dyed curtains, a rope-dyed table runner, bleached trousers, a space-dyed throw rug, a rust-transfer wall hanging and more! Each technique is shown with variations demonstrating the how you can adapt or manipulate the effect and clear photography ensures you will understand ever step of the process to achieve stunning results.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2015

Reviews

[Sue Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tie Dip Dye: 25 Fashion and Lifestyle Projects to Hand Dye in Your Own Kitchen

What an absolute gem!!!

I'm not new to dyeing fabric, or even to designing patterns, because way back when (the 1970s), it was what I specialised in for my Art 'O' level, but all my experience is in silk screen printing or re-dying my jeans. I've done a little simple tie dye over the years, but recently I've become interested in learning all about tie dyeing so I can jazz up some plain old t-shirts and update a few boring old things, so I was looking for a beginner's instruction book for the home style hobbyist and this popped up on the list at Amazon UK. It looked like it was what I needed, so I grabbed it.

This is an easy to read, easy to follow, step-by-step guide to the various techniques that can be used in your own kitchen to tie or dip dye pretty much anything from clothes to serviettes (napkins), table cloths to bedding, and swatches to wall hangings.

I've had a good look through it, and it really is a gem of a book. It goes through the various techniques and then gives a step-by-step, easy to follow project for you to do yourself. I love it and really can't wait to try these things out for myself.

Definitely a 5* book I'll be using as a reference probably for years to come and I'll be rescuing if the house burns down.