Hippy chick.

Trying to keep white shirts,white, in this house is a challenge. When your children like to paint, draw, cook and play in the mud and you are a mother spends as little time in the laundry as possible, white shirts are not going to stay clean for too long. 

So when IB pulled a shirt out of the wardrobe with paint mark staining it I suggested that we upcycle by tye dyeing it.

Here's how we did it:

First we soaked it in "Soda ash" which helps the dye fix to the fabric.

Then we dried it. (Thank goodness it was a hot and windy day cause little miss was having a hard time waiting)

After it had dried we tied elastic bands tight in random spots.

Using spray bottles filled with pink and blue dye IB sprayed all over the shirt while I turned it around.

Then we had to wait till it dried again!!! ( This stage took longer cause it had started to rain!!)

Cutting off the elastic bands was the final step which revealed the unique print.

IB loves the shirt so much and hasn't taken it off for three days! 

All the products we used were left overs from AT's textiles work  which we had purchased from here BATIK OETORO.  

Peace and love to you all!

Mumma Bear