How to Tie-Dye Stars: Tie-Dye Secrets Revealed

by Richard W. Rogers

How to Tie-Dye Stars: Tie-Dye Secrets Revealed
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Finally, a step-by-step guidebook for tie-dying Stars! We are thrilled to present the most comprehensive instruction manual we’ve come across, written by a longtime tie-dyer and customer of Dharma Trading Co. 

There are infinite possibilities of what can be done with tie-dye. This book provides detailed premium color pictures and step-by-step instruction on how to tie and dye the intricate star pattern. Whether you are a production dyer or a hobbyist, you'll find plenty of useful information in this book. Its step-by-step instruction makes it easy to follow, and its detail will make it the reference book on tie-dyeing stars for a long time to come. Includes details of how to choose colors, how to mix dyes in a production environment, washing and care instructions for Procion dye tie-dyes, and more.

After some background and history, we'll go into tying stars, starting with some necessary tools. The book gives a detailed step-by-step tutorial on how to tie a star on a t-shirt, followed by how to tie a star on a tapestry. In the section on Dyeing Stars, it shows the tools and how to modify them to make them easier to work with. Then it goes into detail about how to dye a rainbow star shirt with what might be the best set of pictures about this anywhere. From there we move on to dyeing a raspberry-lavender-turquoise (RLT) star. These techniques can be applied to many color combinations and the book gives a list of color sequences to try. Then we'll move on to tapestries and follow the same order with a rainbow and a raspberry-lavender-turquoise tapestry. The next part will cover dyeing backgrounds, then a section on fixing mistakes, and lastly a list of suppliers.

The author was a production tie-dyer for over 35 years and made thousands of unique tie-dyes during his career. He invented new tools, applicators, patterns, color-combinations, and ways to increase production to save time and money.

8"x10", soft cover, color photos, 131 pages

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4 star rating
3/5/2011
4
This book is not for beginners to tie dying. While I like the history (of the authorartisan on The Farm) and like the pattern making techniques and the way that set of instructions is demonstrated the author (for example) makes reference to prepping the shirts and what he does but not the specificsmeasurements of pre-dye solutions etc... This is explained in the opening section by describing this as the second in a series of tie-dye books. This is a fine idea except that the first book on the basics of dying has not yet been writtenpublished and this fact isn't apparent to prospective buyers as could have been done by adding to the title with something like "":Advance Techniques" or ":Book 2 In a Series. With the limitations mentioned above the book is generally very well put together organized and illustrated. There are definitely a few resolution focus or reproduction issues in the photo's. None of which will adversely effect your understanding of the intent.The results shown are lovely the techniques for folding and applying the dyes specific but this is useful to you if you are well versed in all of the other basic aspects of TD'ing. I strongly recommend getting studying and using the Tie-Dye 101 DVD video to novices before taking on a book like this one.
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5 star rating
2/28/2019
5
you need this book... watching videos is nice but the photographs here are worth a million bucks... very informative...
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3 star rating
5/29/2011
3
This is an alright book. I tried to make a star but I folded it once to much it turned out looking like a bulls-eye instead. This method takes alot of trial and error. Not for the beginner tie-dye artist.
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5 star rating
7/6/2017
5
This book does NOT cover the basics! It does however teach what it claims How to fold and dye a star. As soon as I understood the chemicals I bought this book and was successful in dying beautiful bright stars on silk. I am known for them now.
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5 star rating
3/25/2015
5
This is one of the best how to books His teachingwriting style is just so easy to read and understand
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