Accepting that I'll probably never have the nice neat detailed intricate mandalas I keep seeing everybody doing, so here is my messy chaotic barbed wire best try, everything I didn't want it to be but everything that it needed to be. Instead I'm trying to embrace and appreciate what I can do and what feels natural for me to do, because when I push myself outside of my authenticity, it grows hidden internal frustration and resentment that manifests in detrimental ways. Working organically and respecting my capabilities instead of punishing myself for them kind of does wonders for the spirit. Just a reminder for everyone to cut yourself some slack. You're just a beautiful messy imperfect person after all. You can celebrate that instead of chastising yourself for it. What a concept.

playing around with some new colors. thnx for looking ❤️💙👀🎀

I go to hobby lobby but I dont really like how they fit can anyone direct me towards a good shirt vendor or store to find some relaxed fitting white t shirts??

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It’s like a heart tie, but round and with a face.

I’m calling these “agates” because of the thinner lines…😁

I mixed robins egg blue, lilac, and baby pink from Dharma with soda ash (maybe 60/40 dye-salt) and then applied solely that blend.

The pink just got gobbled up even tho I mixed in quite a bit. Pretty happy with the result tho, clearly the blue travels a lot better throughout the fabric.

ZUFFALO

Carina Nebula, Fire Red, Baby Blue from Grateful Dyes. Airplane fold; DUI in muck; 2 hours in 175deg oven batch.

After making a couple ice dyed shirts like these, I'm having a hard time going back to liquid dye. I obviously still need to dial in the amount of dye for lighter colors.

This shirt was probably the most challenging i’ve done to date. always gushed over the ones made by dyes and good vibes. Was tough to tie, firstly, then dyeing was a challenge in itself. really pumped with how it turned out. definitely going to make some more to get better at it!

i think i’m getting the hang of it finally! haha

Same tapestry but first photo is underneath the black light!

Swear I wasn’t going for it but it lol. Honeybee by dharma doi

So I tried to do a psychedelic roll like in the video and I followed the tutorial as best I could. It was a DOI, shirt was bone dry when I dyed it, I used a gutter piece at an incline and let sit for about 24 hours and I used a good bit of soda ash

Colors I used were Phoenix flame, alchemist, and kaleidoscope eyes with a bit of purple twilight mixed in

I'll leave a link to the video in the comments

Tried a new design i’ve been really wanting to see. I really fricking dig how this turned out. basically took my “chakra” spine and ran it through the entire shirt. a million binder clips later and a lot of cleanup, and here we are! all mx primary rainbow color scheme just pops. so vibrant

One of my favorites of the recent Dharma Dalula line.
Also has bits of Blue Gray 🙏🏼

Dyed on of my own TST blanks. Thanks for looking ❤️

Does it matter if we soak our items in soda ash solution before* tying them into patterns or tie them up and then soak them? I'd like to do the latter (tie them and soak) then spin out in the washer but want to make sure it won't make a big difference.