How to fold and tie for this effect????

[freshapples808]

If you go to tiedyetodd.com there is a style of shirt called the monster, it has a simple fan folded v on the outsides of the sgirt but in the center there is a really neat face type pattern i was wondering if anyone had any idea how to make that sort of shape in the middle any ideas will be greatly appreciated thank you

[colorfulsteve]

those are pretty cool. i dont know how he did it but if you notice it is symetrical so the first step would be to fold the shirt in half. after that i dont know what he does

[freshapples808]

yeah i know at first i thought it might have been a partial spider twist but i cant figure out how he got the lines on it ,,he probably thickened up some darker blue so it didnt go under where he tied it ...im gonna make a couple attempts.....i could email the fella and ask him but i have a feeling since he does that to earn income he woulndt want to share his trade secret but maybe he would ill have to try

[Jaja]

My guess: First fold it in half, then locate "eye pieces", which should stay on top, stitch edges of eye pieces together, keeping all other part of monster face "inside", then tightly tie two lines across eye balls and dye it thickened black.

[freshapples808]

thanks for the insight ja ja....eventually im gonna try it
 

[Whit]

HA!  I have seen this shirt and tried it many times without much success.  I have managed to make a skull like face in the middle, but I don't know how he got such a vivid creature.  I used an accordion fold for the teeth and stitched it together.  I then manipulated the remainder of the loose fabric into the rest of the skull shape and allowed it to dry. (I tried it wet and it REALLY didn't work)  I didn't add the "pupils" of the monster eyes, perhaps that is just another fold or two.  This isn't how he does it, I'm sure, but it made as close as a GD Steal your face as I could get.  (which works for my clientele.) 
Like I said, this wasn't perfect.  AT ALL!  But, it did have a skull appearance for some and just looked like a tie dye to others.  All a matter of interpretation...

I think the biggest mistake I made was using too much dye.  For me, dye application is one of the trickier things in general.  Let me know if you learn anything about this monster guy...I LOVE IT!

[freshapples808]

yes i havent even attempted it yet but i need to i sent him an email and he never replied back but i figured he wouldnt want to share his secrets since he makes money doing it...ill give it a try in the next couple weeks and let yall know how it went

[mustdye]

Never seen their work before...very nice.

I need to get back to dyeing...so many things to do...