Jacquard Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit - Includes Pre-Measured Procion MX Dye in Magenta Turquoise and Yellow - with Soda Ash Dye Fixer

I needed a simple kit that had everything I needed (minus the shirt). Just what I needed. I made two shirts with my autistic son and he loved it. He really enjoyed squirting the dye over the shirt and watching the colors meld to make more colors. We did the spiral pattern. So easy!!! The biggest time consumption is rinsing the shirt thoroughly after the dye sets.I let the dye set 30 hours and it came out great!This kit says it will make 5 shirts. Based on using generous amounts of all 3 colors I'd say we could easily do 4 shirts total so if you were at all careful you could probably get 6 shirts out of it.If you want more colors an idea would be to get more plastic squirt bottles (like small diner sized ketchup bottles) and mix the primaries into those to form the color you are after. However, keep in mind as you pour (squirt) on your colors that when they overlap they will form that color anyway. So when you pour yellow first, then blue, just overlap it as much as you need to get a perfect green!Definitely use plastic to cover everything around you. Mainly your work surface. The bottles squirt nicely so you really don't make a big mess if you are even a little careful. The only thing that got stained were the gloves we had on to protect our hands. Nothing got on our clothes or on the floor.I rinsed them outside in a bucket using the garden hose to get large volumes of water quickly.This was well worth the money. Have fun!!!EDITED.....6 months later.....shirts washed multiple times.....I can't see ANY fading.....

I bought this kit for my first attempt at tie dyeing. I was more than satisfied with the results. My 7 year old daughter and I made five shirts and still have enough dye for another.The kit came with 3 squeeze bottles that each had the powdered dye pre-measued in them, just add warm water to the line and shake. It also comes with a small bag of soda ash that you dissolve in water and allow the shirts (or what ever) to soak in prior to applying dye. Some how this helps to fix or make permanent the dye to the fabric.The dyes were incredibly vibrant and easy to use. Being as this was our first time, we watched a few youtube videos to get some ideas on what to do. It truly was unnecessary, as the instructions are quite clear, still it gave me more confidence that we were doing it right.We made 3 shirts using the spiral method, 1 folded horizontal 'accordion' style, and finally one just balled up. By far the classic spiral shirts came out the best. The folded one looks pretty good, but I doubt we'll bother with the balled up method again. That shirt looks more like it just came off the paintball field (still not bad though:-).Next time (and there will be a next time) my daughter wants to try her hand at doing a peace sign. I think we'll catch a few more videos on that topic first.Anyway, I highly recommend this kit, and I promise to 'report back' if I find the shirts fading. So far we've only had 2 washes since making them.

If you want to tie-dye, this kit from Jacquard is a great way to get started. It is a far higher class of dye than what you might find at the grocery store. The dye is pre-measured into squeeze bottles, so it's even relatively mess-free. The kit comes with everything you need, other than 100% cotton clothing to dye and a dust mask (important to wear when the dye is still in powder form).I've done some tie-dyeing, but I actually like this kit most because it is the easiest way I could find Procion MX dyes to use to dye fabric for quilting. Procion MX dyes are top-quality, long-lasting, work in cold water, and don't fade or run (after initial washing) like many other dyes, so they are exactly what you want if dyeing fabric for a quilt or art project. However, Procion dye is a little hard to find, especially in small quantities for beginners curious to try dyeing for the first time. That's why I love this kit. You get enough dye (in 3 colors) to dye at least 12 fat quarters of cotton quilting-weight fabric. I used directions found online for dyeing a 12-way rainbow gradient using 3 colors of dye -- and this kit provided all the dye & dye fixer I needed.