Assemble
You will need:
Trash bags to protect working surfaces, plastic grocery bags to store your creations in, Paper Towels to clean up and wrap your work in, Rubber Bands to tie up your shirt with, Rubber Gloves to protect your hands, Eye protection, and clothing protection, Plastic Bucket to soak your shirt in, Chop Sticks to spiral shirts with, Dye squirt bottles, Dyes, Fixative, detergent, Clean Shirt, Or our tie dye kit :-)

Treat!
In the bucket, Soak in the right fixative, for the fiber reactive dye, that is a solution of one cup Soda Ash, or Sodium Carbonate in a gallon of water. Wring out the shirt really really well so that there will be space in the fabric for the dye.

Prepare!
Use only the right fabric for the dye you are using and follow the directions. I use a fiber reactive dye. So It won't react with synthetic fibers Nylon, Polyester, Spandex etc. But will work on any plant fiber based fabric, Cotton, Rayon, Hemp, Linen, bamboo, etc. Cover your work surfaces with plastic! Cover your hands with gloves eyes with glasses and wear an apron, or smock. Mix your dyes and fixative just before your tie dye session. Dyes don't keep well.

Step 1 spread out

Step 4 Tie up your Bulls eye!

For a bulls eye, you will be making concentric circles. Often done with the rainbow of colors, but can be done with a single color so show a series of concentric rings where the bands are.
Pinch and pull up on the spot you want the center of your bulls eye to be. can be anyplace! If you don’t want the back to be the same as the front, don’t catch the back side in your pinch!

Step 4 Dye!

Typically either the pattern is in one color, or each space gets a different color. At the center of the shirt the bundle of shirt gets thicker. The Thick shirt is difficult to get dye into the middle of, requiring LOTS of dye be placed on the outside of the pattern. Lots of dye, little white space, Little dye, Lots of white space.
Roll the shirt around as you apply the dye to get dye on all the way around the shirt.

Step 1 spread out

Tie up your Bulls eyes!

Instead of ONE big bulls eye, try Lots of little ones! Gather the fabric, into a little protruding finger of fabric, and place a rubber band tightly around the fabric. Do this as often as you are able leaving the shirt looking like a porcupine

Dye the Shirt!

To dye, Start on a background color, or colors, starting on the back side, flipping to the front and doing the little protruding bulls eyes last.

Be careful! It is not easy to NOT get background color on the bulls eyes and bulls eye color NOT on the background. I expect to, and dribble a bit of color around randomly to cover my ‘oops’ spots.

1.  Wait 24 hours!  The toughest part as you want to see your new creation!  Your Tie Dye needs to be kept from drying out, and left to sit for the dye’s chemical reaction to take place.  If you don’t wait a good 12+ hours the colors will not be as strong.  Waiting several days is just fine.