Tie and Dye Flower Garland for Ganesha

Tie and Dye techniques of painting fabric is used to paint the fabric and then made into flowers to make this garland for Ganesha. These brightly coloured flowers can be otherwise used to make the toran or the rangoli around the prashad thali

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Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1

Take half a meter of white muslin cloth Spread it flat on the surface and pick up the fabric from the centre and tie a knot in the centre Gather the fabric and tie more knots keeping a distance of about 3 to 4 inches Wet the fabric and squeeze it to remove all the extra water

Step 2

Colour the fabric using Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Lemon Yellow and Crimson To colour the fabric use liquidy colours for better absorption of colours in the fabric Leave it to semi dry Open the fabric and leave it to dry

Step 3

Draw a flower in 4 different sizes, first on an A4 sized white paper Trace 12 flowers of 2 ½”, 12 flowers of 2”, 12 flowers of 1 ½”, and 20 flowers of 1” radius on the dyed cloth

Step 4

Cut out all the flowers along it's outlines

Step 5

Outline all the flowers using Liquid Embroidery Glitter - Gold Rush Leave it to dry

Step 6

Take the flower making wire and loop the white pearl in it

Step 7

Cover the entire wire by winding green flower making tape around the wire

Step 8

To make the layered flower, take one flower in each size and cut a slit from the edge to the centre for each flower Start with the smallest flower to the bigger one. Turn it around the wire and stick the edges with No Stitch Fabric Glue Repeat the same with other flowers in an increasing order Make 12 in each size and 8 buds

Step 9

The flower will look like this once its completed

Step 10

For making the leaves take half a meter of white muslin cloth Tie and dye using Fevicryl Acrylic Colours - Lemon Yellow and Dark Green You can just tye and dye the fabric with half green and half light green colours Leave the fabric to dry completely

Step 11

Cut about 25 - 30 leaves both in small and big sizes The biggests leaf being about 4" long and the other leaves proportionately smaller

Step 12

Outline all the leaves using Liquid Embroidery Glitter - Gold Rush Leave it to dry Take the flower making wire and cut it into 4 to 5 inches of long pieces Tie the green flower making tape to the wire Crumple all the leaves and stick them on the wire using No Stitch Fabric Glue

Step 13

Take two wires which are about 15" long You may join two of the wires if the length of the wire is small Cover the wire using green flower making tape Arrange the flowers and the leaves on the longer wire and twist the wires of the flowers and the leaves around that of the long wire Finally cover the entire wire once again with the green tape to fasten it properly

Step 14

You may leave one flower separate to place it in the hands of the Ganesha The garland will look like this once its completed

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