10. SPIRAL NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
Lay your material on a flat surface. Place your
thumb and a couple of fingers on the cloth at
the centre of design and start twisting. After
each twist, flatten the material to keep the
folds from rising. Bring all loose ends into the circle
and twist until it looks like a pancake!
SPIRAL
Now take rubber bands, and without disturbing the
shape, slide the bands under the cloth as show in
diagram. For best results, use a paintbrush to
apply colour to the front and the back. For an
interesting effect, try applying 1 colour to the
Centre and another to the outer area
Leave for a few minutes, take the rubber bands off
and unravel your design!
NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
Eg. If you are using red and blue, areas where
the two colours meet will be purple
Only use a clean brush in dye, otherwise dyes
will get contaminated with other colours

11. CIRCLES NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
The circle is relatively simple to create, yet it is easily one of the most dramatic! Just pick up the fabric with thumb and
forefinger at the point you choose to be the centre of the
Circle.
Try to arrange the pleats to be fairly neat, like a closed umbrella
Put a few rubber bands at the base. Make sure the ties/ rubber
bands are very tight
Variations: 1. Put a rubber band only at the base, 2. put a rubber band at different intervals, 3. poke the centre or tip down inside the rest of the circle
NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
Eg. If you are using red and blue, areas where
the two colours meet will be purple
Only use a clean brush in dye, otherwise dyes
will get contaminated with other colours

12. STRIPES NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
Lay cloth flat on a surface, and pleat fabric (try to do equal pleats) Be careful not to lose any pleats!
Place rubber bands tightly to secure the pleats, not just at the
end, but equally spaced
VARIATION:
Once you pleat in one direction, and get a strip, start pleating the strip in the opposite direction. This will give you a square pattern
NOTE: Normal colour mixing applies.
Eg. If you are using red and blue, areas where
the two colours meet will be purple
Only use a clean brush in dye, otherwise dyes
will get contaminated with other colours

15. 1 2 3 5 6 4 SEWING LINES Place your pencil case
front and back pattern together
and sew a 2cm seam on the long side
Using your fingers, open the seam
and press flat (as photo)
Place your zip on the seam, ensure
zip teeth are in the centre of the
seam line and pin in place 5 6 4
Using a zip foot, sew down the sides
of the zip. You will need to move the
Zip pull out of the way a few times.
Ensure your needle is down when
moving work.
Remove from machine, turn over
and using an unpicker, unpick
the centre seam
Test your zip and remove any
excess thread