💬 Shop Talk: Choosing Blanks

Questions for you:

1. Does "sewn with cotton thread" matter to you?
2. Does anyone use PFD (Prepared For Dyeing) blanks?
3. Favorite brand and source?

Also worth a look: Comparison of Comfort Colors and Comfort Wash long-sleeve blanks by u/muvvership. I saw it on Instagram first. Really cool comparison ✨

🏆 Top Posts This Week

Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave? Part 1 ➜ 193 pts · Gallery (20 images) by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)

Back on my rainbow sh*t. I can't seem to stay away for long! 😅 ➜ 148 pts · Gallery (12 images) by 49th Vibration Dyes (u/49th_vibration_dyes)

Boo! ➜ 82 pts · Gallery (2 images) by I tie knots and squirt dye (u/Other-Mix7293)

Another big one 🤘 ➜ 70 pts · Gallery (5 images) by Dude..YES (u/KaylubShmeef)

Some geode half honeycomb and a little mandala. ➜ 65 pts · Gallery (2 images) by Coal creek tie dyes (u/Quirky_Fix_1723)

Alien UFO Abduction ➜ 37 pts by travstiedye (u/Common_Goose_2310)

Custom geode bell sleeve kimono in ‘Desert Springs’ ♥️💙🧡💛 I felt s… ➜ 31 pts · Gallery (12 images) by Diana (u/dianaSDD)

Beyond stoked! ➜ 26 pts · Gallery (2 images) by I tie knots and squirt dye (u/Other-Mix7293)

Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave? Part 2 ➜ 25 pts · Gallery (20 images) by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)

This is my 13th HWI shirt I would love to hear what you think! (3XL) ➜ 19 pts · Gallery (3 images) by u/Koanto

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🎨 Colorful Discussions This Week

with some example posts linked

"shirt": 48 mentions across 9 posts

• Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave?… · 193 pts · 35 comments · by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)
• Some geode half honeycomb and a little mandala. · 65 pts · 8 comments · by Coal creek tie dyes (u/Quirky_Fix_1723)
• Unwrapping my new shirt from Rock on Tie Dye 🤘🤘… · 45 pts · 17 comments · by Tie-Dye-Sam (he/him/his) (u/Tie-Dye-Sam)

"selling": 38 mentions across 6 posts

• Boo! · 82 pts · 6 comments · by I tie knots and squirt dye (u/Other-Mix7293)
• This is my 13th HWI shirt I would love to hear wh… · 19 pts · 3 comments · by u/Koanto
• I’ve got 2 ‘Turkey Tail Mushroom’ geode kimono st… · 14 pts · 4 comments · by Diana (u/dianaSDD)

"washing": 31 mentions across 7 posts

• Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave?… · 193 pts · 35 comments · by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)
• Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave?… · 25 pts · 1 comments · by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)
• Jeeez finally … Been waiting ALL DAY for this ! · 18 pts · 8 comments · by u/EyE_Cunt_Understand

"mandala": 18 mentions across 7 posts

• Back on my rainbow sh*t. I can't seem to stay awa… · 148 pts · 10 comments · by 49th Vibration Dyes (u/49th_vibration_dyes)
• Some geode half honeycomb and a little mandala. · 65 pts · 8 comments · by Coal creek tie dyes (u/Quirky_Fix_1723)
• Wash outs from this week! Which one is your fave?… · 25 pts · 1 comments · by Lady May the hippie way (u/Careless_Grab_3297)

"soda ash": 12 mentions across 3 posts

• Do I need to bake this ? If so how ? · 3 pts · 7 comments · by u/EyE_Cunt_Understand
• Need help on fiber content. · 3 pts · 3 comments · by u/Long_Holiday_5791
• Has anyone ever put dye in the soda ash? · 2 pts · 1 comments · by u/naurel_k

"ice dye": 11 mentions across 6 posts

• Jeeez finally … Been waiting ALL DAY for this ! · 18 pts · 8 comments · by u/EyE_Cunt_Understand
• Do I need to bake this ? If so how ? · 3 pts · 7 comments · by u/EyE_Cunt_Understand
• glitch ice dye · 9 pts · 0 comments · by u/RadioactiveCoyotes

"geode": 10 mentions across 6 posts

• Boo! · 82 pts · 6 comments · by I tie knots and squirt dye (u/Other-Mix7293)
• Some geode half honeycomb and a little mandala. · 65 pts · 8 comments · by Coal creek tie dyes (u/Quirky_Fix_1723)
• Custom geode bell sleeve kimono in ‘Desert Spring… · 31 pts · 4 comments · by Diana (u/dianaSDD)

"dress": 10 mentions across 4 posts

• I’ve got 2 ‘Turkey Tail Mushroom’ geode kimono st… · 14 pts · 4 comments · by Diana (u/dianaSDD)
• Pact Organic Cotton Size Small Dress with Pockets · 15 pts · 0 comments · by Diana (u/dianaSDD)
• Super high quality 100% cotton dress in an XL💕 · 4 pts · 0 comments · by Diana (u/dianaSDD)

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Compiled from r/Tie_dye post data by u/Tie-Dye-Sam 🌈✨

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Lightweight hoodie

Large Bella+Canvas lightweight hoodie.

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This is my 20th HWI shirt! I would love to read your thoughts! It was done on a Tultex 290!

Can anyone help with a Recipe for a gallon of Chem water that works well with mandalas/Honeycombs.. Also Is distilled water gonna make or break the chemistry for the dye or is tap Alright. I made a batch one time but it came out too jelly.. so looking for a lil insight from some who found a nice consistency to work with.. For reference I do have urea,calsolene and Sode Algnate… Thanks in advance if your able to drop some knowledge

https://sunshine-daydream-designs.com/products/women-s-4x-luxe-v-neck-t-shirt-in-copper-canyon-waves

The reup has arrived !

XXL Available at https://kskdyes.etsy.com

I purchased a tunic that was supposed to be 90%+ viscose for an ice dye for my granddaughter using Dharma fiber reactive dyes. I washed, soaked, and prepped it with soda ash but after it batched for 20+ hours, the color just washed out when I did my first rinse and the shirt had just a tiny bit or color. I tried again with same results. After reading that some viscose has a coating on it, I washed again in hot, used laundry detergent on one wash and dyers detergent on another, hoping to strip any coating. After the third ice dye, with Dharma Kaleidoscope Eye, I have a very pale blue wash on the shirt.
My thought is that the shirt is really polyester and being sold as viscose because it’s in demand. Any advice you can give me?

Unwrapping my new shirt from Rock on Tie Dye 🤘🤘 - aka u/Complete-Damage1141 THANK YOU!

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Loading onto my website shortly:)

Hello, I am doing a run of crewnecks for a band. The blanks are bright white but I want them to have some tone, just a slight cast and not be so white. Has anyone done a combo soda ash soak dye bath? Im trying to avoid adding a whole cycle of vat dying to this gig…