Summer of love and tie-dye

I know it's more fall than summer right now, but I thought I would squeeze in one more summer craft before the cold weather sinks in. I love tie-dye. It’s a lot of fun, but super messy. Basically you need a big outdoor area in order to actually dye things without making a mess and in NYC you can probably guess that a large outdoor area where they don’t care that you are dying clothing is sort of hard to come by. You can go to the park, but you have to bring all of the stuff (including A LOT of water for the dye and yourself). So when I came across an easy way to do tie-dye I had to try it.

What you need:
Sharpies (of many colors)
Rubbing alcohol
Solo/disposable cup
Rubber band
Newspaper
Something to tie-dye (I used an old green teeshirt)
Magazine (optional)

What you do:
So originally the instructions told me to put a small section of the shirt over the cup and put a rubber band over it so you can draw on it with sharpies.
I used a magazine and drew bigger things, but be careful this stuff can stain (obviously).
Fix your shirt on the cup or over a magazine.
Draw with different colored sharpies all over the shirt. I drew flowers and spirals and pinwheel designs.
When that section of shirt has been drawn on use the cap from the rubbing alcohol to dribble rubbing alcohol over the sharpie.
Spread using your fingers (optional).
Continue until the whole shirt is covered.
Let dry over a towel rack or shower curtain rod.
Rock your tie-dye!

*Helpful hit:
Draw patterns or things like flowers.
When you are spreading the ink only spread with the lines. I went all over the place.