How can I tie-dye an asymmetrical zig-zag design?

from a message I received on Facebook....

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name: Matt

message: Hello! I have a large favor. I have been trying to achieve this look, but I have no clue how to tie this style. I know it's an accordion fold but I'm not sure how the angles are so sharp. Any help would be great! Thank you

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To make an asymmetrical zigzag design like this one, first take a pencil and draw the main zig-zag line. Then, starting at one edge of the shirt, carefully bunch up the shirt along that line, into narrow pleats. As the pencil line turns, turn your folding. You may need someone to help you hold the bunch-up shirt together to tie it. Be careful to keep the whole shirt flat, maybe an inch or two thick; don't let it buckle over, but instead keep it in a sort of a flat dish shape. Tie very tightly over the line. I like to use artificial sinew, which is a slightly sticky waxed polyester thread sold in crafts stores for leatherwork. Scrunch up the fabric on either side of the line in crumples.

To apply dye, in this case you would apply blue fiber reactive dye right next to the tied line, on either side. Looks like the blue next to the line on that shirt is a mixture of turquoise and a little fuchsia. Put red next to that, then orange, then a wide band of yellow (other colors creep onto the yellow some). Then apply blue dye to the remainder of the shirt on one side, and dark navy blue dye on the same areas on the other side.

It does take experience to get your turns sharp like the ones in this shirt. Having the pencil line as a guide is a big help, though.

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Posted: Thursday - July 05, 2012 at 08:58 AM

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