Dyeing
How to Ice Dye
Thanks to the pandemic and people’s subsequent search for joyful hobbies during the on-going stay-at-home mandate, 2020 has unofficially officially become the Year of Tie Dye. Now, we assume most of you reading this have tried classic tie dye, where you bind up fabric and squirt or dunk liquid dye onto it to produce classic designs like swirls, bullseyes, and scrunches. But have you ICE DYED yet?! Ice dye is…
How to Tie Dye 101
As the saying goes: what goes around, comes around! Tie dye is back from the 70s (and 90s, too) in a big way! It seems that tie dye clothing and accessories are appearing everywhere, from dresses and skirts to sweatshirts and sweatpants, to bathing suits, leggings, tote bags, headbands… the list goes on! We are fully onboard the tie dye train here at The Neon Tea Party and are SO…
DIY Shibori Pom Pom & Tassel Napkins
Inspired by Japanese shibori dyeing, these pom pom and tassel tie dye napkins are a far cry from the tie dyeing we all did as kids. A few serendipitous things occurred to inspire this DIY: I purchased a dozen white cotton napkins for dyeing when I was in Vancouver in March. My friend Whitney Crutchfield, founder of WE GATHER, and I swapped DIY kits to test out. Hers was her…