JacquardTie Dye Indigo Kit

I'm a total beginner when it comes to Shibori dying. I studied up on it through Pinterest posts and it was a huge success. I bought all cotton painters tarps from Amazon and soaked them in bleach for 8 hours then rinse and washed them. It made a lovely linen like material. Then I did my dying. When the tarps were all dyed and dried I made porch swing covers and pillows for the porch as well.This little kit has everything you might need to do basic dying but because I wanted to do two Shibori dye techniques I used rope (Arashi Shibori) and also a PVC pipe (for pole wrapping) and twine.The instructions are really well written and they even give you a short version and a detailed version along with the history of indigo blue dying.I used a 5 gallon bucket with a lid to do the dying. I was able to dye for 3 days but the best results were on the first day.I prepared my projects, soaked and squeezed them out first. I stirred the vat as directed and hand scooped the bloom foam stuff off to one side of the vat. I was able to dye several things at once being careful not to let them touch the bottom of the bucket where they might get undissolved dye on them. I just held them for 5 minutes while they were in the dye bath (you might get yourself a little chair to sit on for the long 5 minutes). Once they were dyed 3-4 times with a 20 minute oxygenating process between the dye baths I then let then took off the wrappings and spread them on the grass to dry. Once dried I put them in the washing machine and on the rinse cycle then ran them through a wash cycle.I did 3- 6 x 9 foot drop cloths, several t shirts, a white sheet and 2 dresses. I could have dyed a lot more. It really dyes a lot and the results are fantastic just be sure you only dye cotton fabrics. If it has polyester in it it won't take the dye. I just poured the unused dye on the grass and it didn't even show or hurt the grass at all.It was so much fun!!!Well with the $$$

It comes with pretty detailed instructions that were easy to follow. It was a lot of fun dyeing. The kit comes with plenty of binding supplies (rubber bands and one set of wooden blocks). They can all be reused multiple times if you're careful and take the time to unwrap the rubber bands instead of cutting them. I would recommend getting more binding supplies if you plan on doing large pieces of fabric or multiple pieces of fabric (so that you don't have to wait for the first piece to be unbound and the second piece to be bound, before dyeing the second piece).Make sure you use a bucket you don't care about. It will be stained blue and smell kind of like pee forever. Just get a $5 Home Depot bucket with a lid. I was able to use my dye even 2 weeks after I first mixed it, but it starts to lose its dyeing strength after the first week.It's a very good kit for both beginners and advanced users, because the results depend on the user's experience and not the materials. This was my first kit and I am planning on buying another one even though I'm no longer a noob.

We bought this in order to tie-dye some cotton napkins. It worked very well, the color is quite nice, and we have managed to tie dye 13 napkins, one T-shirt, one apron, and a couple of socks without running out of dye. There is more dye left and we will finish off a couple more T-shirts today. We pretty much failed to follow the directions in terms of mixing and dyeing the napkins, but it didn't cause any problems. We dumped the ingredients into the bucket in a random order, then stirred and let sit for about an hour. Then we dyed the napkins and things for 8 minutes and immediately put them into a water bucket with a little detergent. Finally, we hung them out to dry over night, though they actually were still wet in the morning. Anyway, when we finally washed everything, very little dye came out; I imagine they'll fade a little more over time, but the indigo color is nonetheless pretty strong and more or less the color we wanted the napkins to be.The kit came with some wood blocks, popsicle sticks, and rubber bands. I'd recommend getting more rubber bands, and also maybe binder clips — those were fun to play with to get some neat patterns. The booklet inside had detailed instructions, as well as a short history of indigo dyeing, which was very interesting.

This is a great kit, we dyed a bunch of items!! Really easy to use and super fun! We did buy some extra rubber bands because we knew we were doing a lot of tie dye.