There was also a second part to the tie dyed collared shirt experience: my shirt. This process took a bit longer as I had make the pattern for my shirt first. I’ve been wanting to make a collared shirt pattern for myself for a while and decided to use this as an excuse to finally give it a shot. I’m really happy with the way it turned out and will definitely be making more shirts like this. However, I will be pre-washing the fabric first next time as it shrunk a bit more than expected.
I also wanted to try a bit more complicated dye process than I had used before: ombre. This was done in two steps. First, I base dyed the shirt a medium blue. After letting it sit over night, I dyed it a second time in green. For this pass, I started with the entire shirt submerged except for the collar. Then I slowly raised the shirt out of the dye with a new section removed every two minutes. This resulted in a much more subtle color change than I was expecting, but I really like it. We will definitely be dying more fabric dying in the future.