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>Happy New Month to you all!

It started two Sunday back but many weeks before then, I had gotten materials needed for the practical with includes:- >Dye (6 different colours) Caustic Soda Sodium hydrosulphite Rubber hand gloves Over 30 yards of 100 percent cotton fabric Two big bowls etc....

After securing all necessary materials, I had my friends @innovator05 and @bob-dray come over to my place which is quite spacious for us to work with. Let's say the fabric was 30 yards, we divided it into 3 parts and we took one each. We all did different works with different colours, methods, and designs but I did mine using the Marbling method with a shade of green and purple dye. ### WHAT'S MARBLING IN TIE AND DYE? In tie and dye, marbling is a method whereby the fabric isn't tied in order to get designs or patterns but instead, the fabric is either squeezed or spread open while the dye solution is poured or sprinkled on it to achieve different kinds of designs and patterns.

![IMG_7332.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSAPRdzDYAosrSjrsXhop5pLvht3uD1F6Ye6Txcesmv7g/IMG_7332.jpeg) I started working on my own fabrics by cutting them into smaller units and then, I got them wet so I could easily squeeze them before applying my dye solutions. After getting them squeezed in my desired manner, I then proceeded to boiling some water to prepare the dye solution. I chose a green dye and a purple dye for my works and after some minutes when the water was hot already, I poured the green dye (lightest colour first) into a bowl and added Caustic Soda and Hydrosulphite to it before adding and mixing it up with the hot water..... ![IMG_7341.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTCPQHE4cE2vHvT6MCtum6d7v8S36QAWFUhjShRmJz22t/IMG_7341.jpeg) After I had prepared the dye solution, I started pouring it on the fabrics and I was also leaving some spaces in between intentionally in order to achieve some beautiful effects. I did the same thing with the second colour (Purple) and after the two applications of the dye solutions, I wanted for about 20 minutes for the fabrics to absorb the dey solution well enough. ![IMG_7371.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVgTBfXYytjrUep7rC24KNiXa4LLjeVcgm8TmimEUzkhN/IMG_7371.jpeg) After 20 minutes of leaving the dye solution to penetrate into the fabric well, I still left it for some time to oxidize well so I can get to see the real colours the fabric had gained. After some crucial observations of the colours finally obtained, I started washing the fabrics out of water and spreading them to dry up! ![IMG_7386.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSiUDk2uiHrRvo61v41UKSCZzJPUEiCq9VVzDntQxL5nY/IMG_7386.jpeg) It took some hours to get them dried up and ready for packaging and it was all wonderful experience as the results really impressed me a lot.

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