October 15, 2014
Tie-dying Shirts
A couple weeks ago, we were blessed with a nice, warm day, so what better to do than gather the residents and staff and get creative while tie-dying shirts?
Hopewell purchased white t-shirts for participants to design to their liking. We used a high quality commercial solution that consisted of 14 different vibrant colors. The residents followed templates to get the look they wanted. They would bunch up the shirt and wrap it with a rubber band. Depending on the effect they were looking for they could wrap it tightly, loosely, pull more of the shirt through or just use a small bunch of the shirt.
Once they wrapped the shirts with the pattern they desired, they squirted the commercial solutions all over the shirts. The t-shirts were put in plastic bags to sit overnight. The next day we rinsed the shirts in cold water to "set the color", washed and dried them, and then they were ready to wear.
It was a messy process but a lot of fun, plus we all have a keepsake to remember the good time had by all. They turned out great, wouldn't you agree?
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