Pleated Tshirt

Step 1:

- Cover work surface with a plastic cover.

- Lay shirt out on a flat surface.

- Accordion fold shirt vertically.

- Dip shirt in water; squeeze out excess water. Loosely roll shirt in a circle and place in a plastic tray.

- Wearing rubber gloves, prepare Fuchsia & Lemon Yellow dyes: Mix 1 package of Yellow powdered dye or ½ cup liquid dye with 2 cups hot tap water; stir well. Pour into squirt bottle. Repeat for Fuchsia dye.

- Squirt Yellow dye over shirt. Squeeze shirt to penetrate.

- Squirt Fuchsia dye over folds. Turn shirt over and squirt Fuchsia dye on folds.

- Wrap shirt in plastic. Fold to fit in microwave.

- Line bottom of microwave with paper towels. Place wrapped shirt in microwave and set on High for 2 minutes.

- Wearing rubber gloves, remove shirt from microwave. Rinse shirt in cool water until water runs clear. Then launder in warm water with a mild detergent; rinse and dry.