Tie Dying Projects and Techniques

As a young teen, I so badly wanted to create that beautiful spiral effect that all of the cool kids had on their tie dyed hoodies, tie dyed t-shirts, and tie dyed sweatshirts.

I tried. I tried really hard.  But each time, my tie dye came out looking like I randomly dropped dye on the shirt, or worse yet, it looked like a muddy mess with all of the colors blending together.

What I needed at the time was this page!  We have gathered many instructions for unique ideas and techniques for fun tie dying.

There are tips for tie dying a hoodie, how to successfully do bleach tie dying, and how to use ice for tie dying. Plus so much more!

What Can You Tie Dye?

Tie dyed hoodies and sweatshirts are really popular right now!

If you check out the specialty stores, they are showing cool monochromatic tie dyed sweatshirts and hoodies at outrageous prices!!  You can get the same look at a fraction of the cost using the ice tie dying method.

The Ice Tie Dye link from Chaotically Yours gives wonderful instructions for tie dying a sweatshirt, and the project cost was around $12.00! 

You just have to check this out.  Tie dying a hoodie or matching sweatpants using the same method would be really cool as well!

There are so many more items that can be tie dyed and look incredibly awesome.  

Tie dyed shoes are also popular for all shoe sizes. From babies to grandmas!  Start with grubby white tennis shoes or buy a new white pair which won't cost much at all.  The Swoodson Says website has a tutorial for tie dying shoes in a nice pink and purple ombre.  Look below for the shoes link.

How about those grungy stained baby clothes?  I wish I had known about this when my kids were babies!  Craft Bits has a wonderful tutorial showing how to tie dye baby clothes in sweet pastels.  The Baby Clothes Tie-Dye Tutorial below shows you how!

Scroll down to see the free projects for more items you can tie dye!

Tie Dye Techniques

I mentioned ice tie dying above. It is something that is so easy and not nearly as messy as traditional tie dying. The ice tie dying technique is explained in several of the project links below. 

Did you know that snow and ice tie dying came about from quilters who wanted a resourceful way to dye their fabrics?

Ice tie dying is a simple process, but be sure to use powdered dye! The tutorials below will show you exactly how to do it. 

Bleach tie dying is technique that gives another unique look to your clothing.  We have several links below that show you how to use this method of bleach tie dying.  You can even use a bleach pen! Check these tutorials out below!

If you are looking to tie dye a hoodie, denim jeans, baby clothes, lunch boxes and more, this page is the place to be!  

(Hey, how fun would it be to tie dye white fabric to make your own tie dyed lunch box? We have a great tutorial showing how to make a cute lunch box that would be perfect for this!)