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TIE-DYE

ClassNotes Team 3 MIN READUPDATED 7 JUL 2026

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ART (FINE ART) JSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK – NINE

TIE-DYE

REFERENCE TEXTBOOK

A Proper Approach to Cultural and Creative Art by Peter Akinyemi and other co-authors. Book 2.

TOPIC: TIE-DYE

DEFINITION OF TIE-DYE

Tie-dye is a textile craft which in a plain cotton fabric is tied at various points with raffia and dipped into a dye solution. The tied fabric takes the colour of the dye stuff after completing the dyeing process and when untied has beautiful designs formed on it. In tie-dye, the resist material is raffia and waxed thread, which prevent the dye solution from penetrating certain areas of the firmly tied fabric.

METHODS OF TYING FABRIC

  1. Circle tying: Pick the fabric away from the…