{"id":314,"date":"2010-06-20T23:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2015-07-21T00:15:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T23:15:52","slug":"tie-dye-curtains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/tie-dye-curtains\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Tie Dye Curtains (for less than a tenner)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/tie-dye-curtains\/how-to-make-tie-dye-curtains\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/How-to-Make-Tie-Dye-Curtains.jpg?fit=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How to Make Tie Dye Curtains\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/How-to-Make-Tie-Dye-Curtains.jpg?fit=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/How-to-Make-Tie-Dye-Curtains.jpg?fit=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/How-to-Make-Tie-Dye-Curtains.jpg?resize=300%2C270\" alt=\"How to Make Tie Dye Curtains (for less than a tenner)\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Not quite veggie gardening, but they&#8217;re green!\u00a0 I&#8217;m talking about my new tie dye curtains for the little room in the house&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m delighted with the outcome and the cost.\u00a0 I have always liked the tie dye effect but have never\u00a0tried doing it myself.\u00a0 However, I needed a set of curtains for the small toilet, couldn&#8217;t find a fabric I liked anywhere, so here was my chance.<\/p>\n<p>Last year I&#8217;d picked up a\u00a0huge dust sheet from Aldi made from\u00a0100% Cotton for just \u20ac7.00.\u00a0 I thought at the time that I could dye it and make a throw but never got around to it.\u00a0 I only needed half the quantity of fabric for this window and I picked up a cold water dye from town, followed the instructions on the box and voil\u00e0!\u00a0 I&#8217;m delighted with the tie dye result.\u00a0 Total cost: \u20ac8.80!<\/p>\n<p>Breakdown:<\/p>\n<p>Fabric &#8211; half quantity\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u20ac3.50<br \/>\nDye \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u20ac3.00<br \/>\nString (for tying) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 \u20ac1.50<br \/>\nCurtain header \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 \u20ac0.80<\/p>\n<p>So how did I do it? I measured the window and cut the fabric roughly to size (I allowed quite a bit extra in case it shrank, which it didn&#8217;t as it happens). I then randomly bunched pieces of fabric together and tied them tightly with string. The dying instructions given with the dye were very easy to follow, which I did to the letter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/tie-die-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" title=\"How to Make Tie Die Curtains\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/tie-die-close-up-183x300.jpg?resize=183%2C300\" alt=\"How to Make Tie Die Curtains\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The exciting part is\u00a0untying\u00a0the bunches once the die has taken and the cloth has been hung out to dry&#8230; Will it, wont it work? What will it look like? Will I like it? There&#8217;s a great\u00a0sense\u00a0of childish anticipation!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in having a go at this inexpensive little project, there are LOTS of YouTube videos and websites explaining in detail how to achieve more intricate patterns. Mine really were just cobbled together.<\/p>\n<p>Once dyed I attached the curtain header to the top,\u00a0hemmed the sides and base, ironed each curtain using a damp cloth to protect before hanging them to the rail. 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