folding a Star help

[Stone Cold]

 I have some friends who would like a Star. Like the Dallas Cowboys kind of star. Which is what they actually want. Cowboy tie dyes. Is there a simple way to make a star?
I thought about using a resist to make the star so it comes out white. But Not good on using resists. What is the easiest to use? I soak in soda ash. Do I need to soak, let dry then dye?
I've been dyeing with them a little wet.

[pburch]

A five-pointed start is easiest to tie if you cut out a guide for yourself with a 36° angle. You can print a protractor onto card stock and cut it out at the correct angle. Check out this five-pointed tie-dye star that I did this way.

If you use a resist, you could just cut out a good five-pointed star in the size you want, and draw along the outside with the resist. Elmer's Washable Blue School Gel works well, if you don't wash off the glue by using too much dye liquid. Be careful to let the glue on the shirt get absolutely bone-dry before you dye it, and after the dye touches the gel, don't let it contact another portion of the shirt, because the glue will transfer from one part to another after it gets damp. See my page on Immersion Dyeing with Water Soluble Resist. You can soak in soda ash first if you let it get truly dry before you paint on the washable blue glue gel, or you can add soda ash to your dye mixtures moments before you start dyeing.

Paula

[ktaltre]

hi Paula,
I looked at your link of the five pointed star, but I don't quite understand how you folded it.
I understand the 36 degrees, but still can't visualize the fold (maybe it's too late at night for visualizing).
The "pink mandala project" page doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I know how to fold a star by drawing half of it on a folded shirt/cloth - Tom&Martine do it on their video; is your scarf done like that?
And I love the "print the protractor" page.
Thanks Paula!
k. taltre

[tiedyejudy]

I have some friends who would like a Star. Like the Dallas Cowboys kind of star. Which is what they actually want. Cowboy tie dyes. Is there a simple way to make a star?
I thought about using a resist to make the star so it comes out white. But Not good on using resists. What is the easiest to use? I soak in soda ash. Do I need to soak, let dry then dye?
I've been dyeing with them a little wet.

Hi, Ray.  If you don't like the results by tie-dye, check here: http://itiedye.com/smf/index.php/topic,686.0.html and you will see a screen print I made of a peace symbol using resist and print methods.  If you want to try this, e-mail me and I will send you directions on how to do it.  Very easy to get a clear image that you can do multiple times.
Judy

[mustdye]

Here's my star...
I traced half a star onto paper and then used a straight edge to increase it's size to where I wanted it.
The star is only on the front of the shirt due to fabric thickness. It's important to make sure that your center line on the shirt is straight and centered.
I pleated it by hand but you could also do a basting stitch with thread.

I dyed it blue and red with a blank space in between.

[ktaltre]

OK, I figured out the 5 point mandala. Once I realized 5x36 degrees is 180, then the rest was like every thing else.
Here's a paper towel progression.
A square piece of paper towel with the 36 degree wedge marks.

Partially folded.

All folded.


k. taltre

[pburch]

That's perfect. I've been trying to figure out how to explain it, and not coming up with anything nearly that clear.

Paula

[Stone Cold]

How do I do that with a shirt?


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[pburch]

How do I do that with a shirt?

Fold it in half, then fold the half into five sections, using the 36° protractor as a guide. Just try doing it. In cross-section, the five-fold-symmetry fold is like this:   /\/\/

(Please clip out the pictures when you quote someone else's post, to make the thread easier to follow.)

Paula

[deb]

THANK YOU!!! That is BRILLIANT!!!!

[ktaltre]

Here's a folded in half dishtowel with a drawn star like Mustdye's shirt here.


Here's the five point lotus mandala fold on a dishtowel.
Folded

Tied

Completed


k. taltre

[Stone Cold]

My Star failed, misreably....
Going to try and get a DVD to help me out some.

[pburch]

Try the eight-pointed stars in the True Tie Dye video, Tie Dye 202 (which is part of the Advanced Tie Dye Techniques set).

Paula

[Stone Cold]

Try the eight-pointed stars in the True Tie Dye video, Tie Dye 202 (which is part of the Advanced Tie Dye Techniques set).

Paula

I was in hopes a local library had the Tie Dye 303 set. They only have the 101. I am getting a Micheal Fowlers Art of tie dye tho. Then I'll get the Tie Dye 202.