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Here are some pictures of the silks I dyed the other day. I didn't use any thickener, but I am going to try it out next time. Yes, the flowery shapes are like the sun mandala from Tie Dye 303. :)

[Click on the pictures to see them full-sized. Click on "read more", below on the right, to see all four silks. -P.]

I love my rose window. As usual, these things tend to happen by accident!

Here's a shirt I dyed this week, a sort of a rose window design:

It has eighteen black points and eighteen rose-colored points, not perfectly symmetrical. I used cerulean blue (blue MX-G), some old

Here, drying on the line, is an entry I just dyed for the pink mandala project....

Got it a bit purpler than I intended. I printed out a protractor on card stock and cut it out to make a 36° angle to use as a guide.

I have a web page on how to tie-dye mandalas:
Tie-dyeing Mandalas and Stars

and Kathy has posted some good photos and instructions on how to tie the Mandala fold:
Mandala Folding at the Tie-dye Wiki {link updated December 18, 2007]

Two different styles of folding Mandalas are demonstrated in the tie-dyeing DVDs. Michael Fowler's The Art of Tie-Dye shows more of the Flower style of Mandala, whereas True Tie Dye's Advanced Tie Dye Techniques: Making Shapes and Mandalas shows more star-like mandalas, as well as lotus blossums and suns.