How to Make Your Own Shibori Scrunch Bedspread

Shibori, the ancient art of Japanese tie dye, is one of the hottest trends in fashion and home decor. Off-the-rack, shibori items can be painfully expensive, but thanks to Tulip's new Shibori kit -- you are all set to make these items at home! 

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Cool Hues Shibori Top

I discovered shibori completely by accident. I was browsing a department store and saw a fun shirt with a really interesting pattern and was told that the method used was probably shibori. So I did some searching and found that it's an ancient Japanese resist method that basically involves scrunching, twisting, folding and/or mashing a fabric and then dying it. There are several ways to do it and the results, as with any tie dye, are different every time.

Traditional Shibori Dyed Sheets

You may not know what it is called, but you have seen shibori. In home decor and in fashion shibori is the hot dying trend. This is actually an old Japanese dying technique which involves using a resist. A resist can be a pole, marbles, pieces of wood or in my case plastic tupperware. Grab some cotton sheets, a resist, rubber bands galore and a bottle of Tulip One-Step Dye in extra large - perfect for sheets!

Easy Shibori Tie-Dye Techniques

 

HOLA SUMMERTIME! I am so stoked that it's hot outside and mosquitos are constantly swarming around me. Let's face it , SUMMERTIME in Louisiana can get pretty rough but thankfully I just created something that can make life stellar. SHIBORI TOWELS. I know what you are thinking, and if you are anything like me then you can visualize these in every room. 

CURTAINS
PILLOWCASES
HAIRWRAPS
DISH TOWELS

There are so many things you can do with these and I want to show you today! Did I mention this is a GREAT craft for kids! 

Let's get started.

Tie Dye Tutorial - Shibori, Brushed, Scrunched

I love TIE DYE, and I decided to create 3 of the 5 Dye Techniques in
this great Tulip kit.

I grabbed 2 kits, because I dyed 12 yards of fabric.

First step:

Pre-Wash - I washed and dried all the 100% cotton fabric 

to take out the sizing and prepare it for the dye.

Second Step:

Mixing - My steel sink is perfect for mixing the dyes. It's fast and easy because all I have to do is put on my gloves and then fill all the bottles with water (the dye is already in there) and shake.

Third Step:

Covered Work Table - Scott set up a table cover with plastic trash bags. Of course he used bungees to hold it down. I call him Bungee Man. (When I'm not calling him Zip-tie Man.)

SHIBORI DYE TECHNIQUE

I started with the shibori technique and since my project is so humongus, 

I taped the 2 tubes together that come in the kits.

Then I laid it under the fabric and scrunched it up. 

The shibori tube holds the fabric up so that you get that cool striped look, 

and keeps it from puddling. You'll see!

Now, the dying begins. I squirted it onto the fabric along the top of the tube. 

Then, I moved the tube over about 8 inches and repeated until I was at the end of the fabric.

Voila! I hung it on the clothesline and replaced the trash bag with a new one for the next color.

BRUSHED DYE TECHNIQUE

Woohoo, the brush technique was amazing. 

I simply poured my dye out of the bottle and into a disposable bowl, 

dipped my brush from the kit into the dye, and made crisscross strokes all the way across. 

Loved it.

SCRUNCHED DYE TECHNIQUE

After changing the trash bag on the table again, I was ready for the spray technique. 

This was soooo easy and fast. I made little hills and valleys with the fabric, 

then used the spray top from the kit to spray away.

4-Hour Dye Set:

I don't know what the neighbors think, 

but it sure gave them a colorful view while the dye set for 4 hours. 

Wash & Dry:

Last step, wash and dry the fabric separately and then make anything I want!

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Make a Tie Dye Dress

Tie dye is a fresh addition to fashion this year (check out tie dye in the 2015 resort collections of designers like Alexander Wang and Michael Kors!). It's easy to get a fashion-forward tie dye look when you customize your garments with a one-of-a-kind tie dye treatment, using the Tulip One-Step Tie Dye kit. I bought a white cotton dress at Old Navy and gave it a graphic navy dye job, inspired by the Japanese art of Shibori.

In case you haven't tie dyed in awhile, it has become MUCH easier these days! Find out just how easy...

 

4 Modern and Unique Tie Dye Techniques

Are you looking for a totally different way to tie dye? If you are ready for a new tie dye challenge, then here are 4 techniques to try to get the lastest fashion-forward looks! And they are just as fun and easy as the classic styles. They are ombre, shibori, urbanesque, and marble. Here’s how you do ’em!

All of these instructions are for the surface shown in the above photo; however, you can get the same look using different kinds of surfaces, just follow the instructions!

Shibori Tie Dye
Materials
– Tulip® One-Step Dye™
– Loose-fitting shirt – white – 100% cotton
– PVC pipe
– Plastic tablecloth

Instructions
1. Prewash shirt to remove sizing. Do not use fabric softener.
2. Cover work surface with plastic tablecloth. Lay damp shirt on prepared surface.
3. Wearing plastic gloves, add water to Fuchsia dye bottle to line indicated on bottle. Replace cap tightly and shake until dye is dissolved.
4. Place the PVC pipe at the top of the damp tee then roll tee around pipe, rolling down to the bottom of shirt. Scrunch fabric tightly around pipe.
5. Squeeze Fuchsia dye onto scrunched shirt, making sure to rotate pipe if necessary to cover shirt from top to bottom.
6. Unwrap shirt from pipe then cover with plastic tablecloth and let sit 4 to 6 hours. Wash in a large load of water with a small amount of laundry soap and dry in dryer.

Here's a video also showing this technique!


Tie dye using Marbles
Materials
– Tulip® Dye Techniques Kit™
– Tulip® Surface Cover™
– Extra rubber bands
– Large flat glass marbles
– Scissors
– Paper towels
– White T-shirt

Instructions
1. Wet shirt and wring dry or place in washer on spin cycle.
2. Cover work surface with Surface Cover™ then place shirt on surface and smooth with hands.
3. Place a marble inside front of shirt then tightly rubber band. Continue to add marbles where desired.
4. Wearing gloves from kit, fill Turquoise and Fuchsia dye bottles with water to line indicated on bottles. Shake until thoroughly mixed.
5. Squeeze Turquoise onto shirt, avoiding marble sections and carefully lifting shirt to dye back if needed.
6. Replace lid of Fuchsia dye bottle with sprayer from kit. Test on a paper towel, then spray top of each section of fabric with marble, letting overspray blend with Turquoise dye to create Purple color.
7. Let set for 4-6 hours. Carefully cut off rubber bands and remove marbles then wash in washer with small amount of laundry soap. Dry in dryer.

Urbanesque Tie Dye
Materials
– Tulip® Dye Techniques Kit™
– Trash bags or plastic tablecloth
– 100% cotton ¾ sleeve tee – white

Instructions
1. Prewash fabric to remove sizing. Do not use fabric softener.
2. Cover work surface with trash bags or plastic tablecloth. Lay damp fabric on prepared surface.
3. Wearing rubber gloves, add water to the Turquoise, Lime and Fuchsia dye bottles. Replace caps tightly. Shake until dye is dissolved.
4. With the shirt lying flat on tabletop, squeeze Lime dye in an abstract flower petal design. Refer to photo.
5. Squeeze the Turquoise dye onto shirt, bordering the Lime flower petal design. Repeat step with Fuchsia dye bordering the Turquoise portion.
6. Cover fabric with trash bag or plastic tablecloth. Let sit 4-6 hours. Wash in a large load of water with a small amount of laundry soap. Line dry.

Ombre Skirt
Materials
– Tulip® One-Step Dye™ in brown, fuchsia, and orange
– Plastic tablecloth
– Skirt – 100% cotton

Instructions
1. Prewash skirt to remove sizing. Do not use fabric softener.
2. Cover work surface with plastic tablecloth. Lay damp skirt on prepared surface.
3. Wearing plastic gloves, add water to dye bottles to lines indicated on bottle. Replace caps tightly and shake until dye is dissolved.
4. Squeeze Brown dye on the top portion of skirt, Fuchsia in the center section and Orange on the bottom section. Refer to photo.
5. Cover fabric with plastic tablecloth and let sit 4 to 6 hours. Wash in a large load of water with a small amount of laundry soap and dry in dryer.

Here's a video showing the Ombre technique!


Are there any tie dye techniques you've done that are different from the norm? Tell us about them!

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Crafty Chica's No-Sew Applique Flaming Shibori Top!

This is a shirt that I bleached out using the Shibori technique.I've included a video below, but instead of using dye, I used bleach. I let it set on the tube for about 15 minutes and then I washed the shirt, dried it and used Tulip® Fabric Spray Paint™  in yellow and red to create the look of flames. I let it set according to package directions and then washed and dried it.

 Cut a heart pattern out of a piece of paper. Using chalk, trace the pattern on the front of the shirt.

Cut out that shape on the top layer of the shirt. Next, cut out a heart on contrasting fabric, just a bit bigger than the pattern.

Using Aleene's® Fabric Fusion® Permanent Dry Cleanable Fabric Adhesive Pen , apply a line of glue all around the outside edge of the heart.

Slide the fabric inside the shirt and press the layers together. Let dry for 20 minutes. Rub off chalk marks.

Now your reverse applique is set! But the raw edges of the shirt look kind of icky. Use some Tulip® 3D Fashion Paint to make dots along the seam. I added two more layers for a bold look. Let dry.
    

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Sassy Tote Bag for the Sewing Expo Tour!

I'm flying to D.C. on Wednesday to the Sewing Expo for Hancock Fabrics to demonstrate The Tulip® Dye Techniques Kit™ and the Tulip® Cordless Heat Setting Tool™ with the Tulip® Glam-It-Up!™ Iron-On Crystals™ combined to create a cute and sassy quilted tote bag and a mini quilt wall hanging.

The Sewing Expo is part of a national campaign to bring inspiration, motivation, education and personal satisfaction to everyone who enjoys sewing, quilt making, embroidery, embellishment and related needle arts. I can't believe I get to be a part of this amazing event.

So, to design the sassiest little bag with dyed fabric, I first have to grab my supplies at the iLoveToCreate design studio and dye my little heart out. I decided to create 3 of the 5 techniques in the kit for my projects.

Our house in Clovis has a darling patio out back with a ceiling fan, and it's just begging to have a little dye party, so I got the fan buzzing, and laid out my kit. I grabbed 2 kits, because I needed 12 yards of fabric for the tote, the quilt, and the demo swatches.

First step? I washed and dried all the 100% cotton fabric to take out the sizing and prepare it for the dye.

My steel sink is perfect for mixing the dyes. They're great because all I have to do is put on my gloves and then fill all the bottles with water (the dye is already in there) and shake.

Scott set up a table cover with plastic trash bags. Of course he used bungies to hold it down. I call him Bungy Man. (When I'm not calling him Zip-tie Man.)

I started with the shibori technique and since my project is so humongus, I taped the 2 tubes together that come in the kits.

Then I laid it under the fabric and scrunched it up. The shibori tube holds the fabric up so that you get that cool look, and keeps it from puddling. You'll see!

Now, the dying begins. I squirted it onto the fabric along the top of the tube. Then, I moved the tube over about 8 inches and repeated until I was at the end of the fabric.

Voila! I hung it on the clothesline and replaced the trash bag with a new one for the next color.

Woohoo, the brush technique was amazing. I simply poured my dye out of the bottle and into a disposable bowl, dipped my brush from the kit into the dye, and made crisscross strokes all the way across. Loved it.

After changing the trash bag on the table again, I was ready for the spray technique. This was soooo easy and fast. I made little hills and valleys with the fabric, then used the spray top from the kit to spray away.

I don't know what the neighbors think, but it sure gave them a colorful view while the dye set for 4 hours. Last step, wash and dry the fabric separately and then make my little tote bag.

I love how the cotton dyed fabric turned out and it feels good, not crunchy. I'll be posting the project at iLoveToCreate.com with all the instructions right away.

The crystals were uber easy to apply with the heating tool, and I think they added a little sparkle-farkle to the bag. Like I said, super fun, and a little bit sassy with the crystals and in bright, happy colors.

Come see me at the Sewing Expo in Chantilly, VA! I'll be there Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Hancock Fabrics booth. Look for the gal with the bright green tablecloth and the happy smile.... I'll show you how to dye fabrics for your quilting and sewing projects, and our cute little cordless heating tool for jazzin' up your projects.

See you there!
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