DIY: Tie Dye Shorts

Tie Dye Shorts by fashionistany featuring cut off shorts

I really love the tie dye cutoff shorts trend for this summer but I can't reason with buying tie dye shorts that are $50 and up. I'm also a lazy person and could not see myself tie dyeing ...anything. The whole tie dye process is so long and tiring. So when I came across the SEI Tumble Dye I knew this was the right product for me and it was going to be soooooo easy to actually pull off this whole DIY project that I've been wanting to do. What's so great about the Tumble Dye? Well first of all it's a spray bottle. Second of all you can do whatever you want with this product: spray, paint, or dip! Easy peasy lemon squeezy! I was super excited to see that on SEI's website you can buy the Tumble Dye bottles separately and that they were only $3 each for a 2 oz bottle. As soon as I found this product I ordered: Mint, Hot Pink, and Turquoise. So I spent my Sunday DIYing my own tie dye shorts. There is no better way of getting over a cold then spending some time DIYing!

What you'll need:

1. SEI Tumble Dye 

2. Shorts or jeans to DIY (I found an old pair of folding shorts from Target) 

3. Scissors 

4. Sharpie

Steps:

1. Find an old pair of shorts or jeans that you want to DIY. Try them on and mark the areas where you want to cut them to. I wanted to go a little higher on the thigh so I ticked off two parts on the pants leg.

2. Grab your scissors and cut your shorts!!

3. Before you start spraying directly on to your shorts take a piece of the denim material that you cut off and do some test sprays. You want to see what the colors will look like on the denim material before you start.

4. Once you got an idea what the colors will look like and know how you want to do with your shorts then you can go ahead and start spraying! I wanted to do tri-colors from bottom to top so I started from bottom up. Starting with the turquoise color then working my way up.

5. Once your finish on the front side of your pants flip it over and start one the back side!

6. Don't be afraid to go over your work and spray where it needs to be sprayed or if you wat to add more tie to your shorts.

7. Wait for your shorts to dry and then throw them into the drier for 20 minutes!

Then you have yourself some DIY Tie Dye shorts!

You can de-thread the hems of your shorts with a needle or a safety pin just by pulling in the threads. The more your dry them over time they will also start to de-thread. So don't worry if they aren't too destroyed just yet. If you want destroyed patches I suggest doing that BEFORE you starting dyeing.

What do you think of this DIY? Gonna give it a shot?