How Do You Tie-Dye A Heart Shape?
Once you’ve tie-dyed patterns of circles and stripes, it’s hard to resist the urge to try other shapes. As you have already learned, part of the fun of tie-dye is learning to think backward as well as forward–you plan both what will be colored and what will not. The following steps add a couple of new techniques to expand your repertoire of tie-dye techniques by making a heart shape. Sketch a heart shape lightly in pencil or chalk. This removes the surprise element from your tie-dye project but gives you control over the shape and its placement. Trace the shape in thread, using large basting stitches. You don’t need to sew well. The purpose of the stitches is to make it easy to place rubber bands, and you’ll pull out the basting when you’re done. Black thread on white fabric or whatever you can see easily as you place rubber bands is all you need. Use rubber bands for your first try, even if you customarily tie your projects with string. When trying to make a fairly exact shape, rubbe
