In an attempt to try a new project with my daughter last weekend we tie-dyed black shirts. This is the story of how we added more life to our black tie-dye shirts.

It only took us watching a few videos on YouTube to decide we wanted to try to tie-dye black t-shirts.  

I mean Amara and I have already conquered the art of tie-dying white t-shirts so it was time to test the skills.

And so we found a few of my old black t-shirts that were a little faded and could use some life or TLC.    

This is how the shirts looked after the tie-dye extravaganza.  

The shirts came out good we thought but the color was a little light or off to me.  

However, Amara and I figured that they may look even better with brighter colors, and so, we had to first figure out what we needed to be able to brighten up the colors.

HOW WE ADDED MORE LIFE TO OUR BLACK TIE-DYE SHIRTS

That’s when I remembered in one of the videos that we watched by “The DIY Designer” that the lady (Orly Shani) mentioned that there was a trick to help make the colors “Pop”.  

The trick was to get powder dye and a paintbrush and buff in the color to make it brighter. 

Challenge accepted! 

So my daughter and I decided that it was time to add some more color and life to the shirts.  

Then it was time to get the powder dyes and two paintbrushes.

Where? 

To a store, I fear more than some people do clowns… 

MICHAELS 

Could have gone to Walmart to get the tie-dye stuff but they don’t usually have individual packs of powder dye.  

So we went….

Once inside of Michaels I quickly got over my fear of the place and realized it was just due to past experiences of being in there for what felt like hours. 

Amara loved the place.  

She even showed me several things that would be good ideas for projects and possible Vlog ideas. 

WE ADDED MORE LIFE TO OUR BLACK TIE-DYE SHIRTS!

NOW COMES THE FUN PART! 

I washed the shirts to get them damp but I let them sit a little too long and the dry AZ weather dried the shirt before we got down with the back.  

Based on the instructions from the DIY Designer the shirt is to be wet, the brush dry, and the powder dry but we had to improvise.  

So we wet the brush, poured the powder in small paper plates, and dipped the wet brush into the powder, and began brushing in the color.  

Let’s just say that ain’t work too well.  The powder flaked and the area would get very dark and saturated from the wet dye.  

Although some colors came out good at first other areas looked like they got hit with a paintball gun.  

See for yourself. 

I quickly realized that the color wasn’t going to look anything like the video. 

Since we learned from the mistake we did the other but I ran it under water first to get it wet.  

Then applied the dry brush, dry powder, on the wet shirt method, and well…

You be the judge!

Not too bad for a first and second try.  

Are you going to try it with your kids? 

You should! 

Until next time…

Be You. Be Great!

And A.B.P. Always Be Progressing!