Shibori style jersey dress

 

 

I use pleaching to change the color of the t-shirt, but you could also use fabric dye with a white t-shirt. It's so much fun to experiment with this technique as the result is always a surprise.

The process is real simple:
1) Take a t-shirt and start tying random spots of fabric with some rubber bands or some ribbon. Make sure you tie real tight, otherwise the dye or bleach will still get into the fabric and the result won't be good. You can see on the last picture that I tied simple circles in different places, and I tied on spot it two different places as well.
2) Prepare your bleach as instructed on the manual. I used powder bleach which needed to be put into hot water. Then put your t-shirt into it and let it sit there until all the visible places have changed color.
3) This is what my first try looked like after bleaching. At this stage rinse the bundle under cold water and then remove all the bands or ribbons.
4) Admire your new t-shirt!