I was telling someone a few weeks ago about my tie-dye business. I don't remember who it was, but it had to be a parent of a young child, because they said to me, "Oh, I saw that segment on Sesame Street. It looked like fun." Now, having a one year old, I knew exactly what they were talking about. I have seen this segment several times myself.
For those of you who do not have young children or watch Sesame Street for fun yourselves, let me fill you in. Grover has just returned from Jamaica where he was given a one of a kind tie-dye t-shirt. The scene then flashes to a video clip where a man demonstrates the traditional Jamaican tie-dye technique. He wraps a shirt around a bottle and secures it with rubberbands and then dunks it in a pot of dye which he has heated over a fire. The shirt is then removed, the rubberbands taken off, and the shirt re-wrapped and dyed again in a second color. This process is done a few more times using various colors. The shirt looks very brown at the end of the process. After it is washed some of the dye fades and the shirt has become various earth tones.
Well, I am always trying new techniques so I figured I would test this out. My husband and I wrapped some shirts around some bottles we had, (recycling at its best), and tried this technique. I was skeptical, but after the wash I realized the results were worse than I expected! The clothing looks like the rags we use to absorb excess dye! Needless to say, the results were not up to our standards, and you will not be seeing these pieces on our site. However, I am posting one here for everyone to have a good laugh.
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