Use Silk Ties to color Easter Eggs- Unique

This is an entry from
thenocturnalnomad.blogspot.com/


Instructions are here:

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/silk-dyed-easter-eggs


I re-arranged some of the egg photos ( that's all)

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Silk Tie Dyed Easter Eggs - Create Magic with Loud Tacky Patterns - Get in Touch with your Inner Martha Stewart this Easter Weekend

If you've never tried dyeing Easter eggs with men's neckties before, then get yourself down to the local thrift shop and recycle a few, or do some closet raiding. (Make sure they're real silk though. Polyester & cotton ones won't work. The tackier the pattern, the better....purples and pinks work great. Yellows, not so much)

I learned this from some woman on the martha stewart show a few years ago and have been doing them ever since. The tie patterns transfer to the eggs in trippy abstract patterns, and no two are ever identical. Don't expect perfection - sometimes you'll get whole chunks of the pattern, other times, just some warpy blurs. And you may want to open the kitchen window when you cook these babies up...the vinegar and dye stinks the place up a bit.



Here are some photos from this year's batch:  Paisley

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/silk-dyed-easter-eggs