Tie Dye!

So Chrissy being the RA that she is, plus having a RA boyfriend, and having me as a roommate it only seemed natural that there was a tie dye social at some point. Yesterday was that day! Dye and shirts were bought, trash bags were put down, and residents actually showed up. At the end of it I think there was more dye on my hands than I ever actually put on a shirt, but all in all it was a successful night. 

We have some pretty ballin' shirts to show for it too.

Chrissy's shirt

Andy made this one for Chrissy

This is my "let's get rid of the brown so we can mix a prettier color" shirt

Andy made this one for his professor

This is the shirt we used as a rag to clean up spills, but then tried to make pretty by adding a peace sign. That failed miserably. We are giving it to Andy's dad.

This shirt is for the Dean.

Andy made this one for himself.

Of course we wore our shirts as soon as we washed them. Would you expect anything less?

Andy wasn't even given a choice, Chrissy made him put it on.

Chrissy wanted me to post directions as to how to tie dye, so here is a brief overview.

Do:

• Soak shirts before dying them.
• Put colors from the same family next to each other.
• Use colors in rainbow order.
• Put something underneath the shirt to catch the extra dye.
• Use rubber bands to make designs on the shirt.

Don't:

• Put Yellow and Purple next to each other.
• Put Orange and Blue next to each other.
• Put Red and Green next to each other.
• Get dye on the clothing (or shoes) you are wearing.
• Stress. (It will all be ok)

After Dying:

• Put the shirt into a gallon sized Ziploc bag.
• Leave it there for at least 24 hours.
• Rinse the shirt in the sink or bathtub until the water runs mostly clear.
• Put the shirt through a rinse cycle. (You can do this with other recently dyed shirts, but nothing else)
• Dry it.
• Wash it again with detergent with other tie dye.
• WEAR IT!
• Wash it two or 3 more times by itself then it is fine to wash with a normal color load.