Clothes Dyeing

Have a plain colored shirt that you would like to liven up or shirt that has started to fade?  Here's a way to give bland or old clothes a new life.

Materials:
*Light colored shirt or other garment
*Fabric dye
*Salt

Directions:
*Fill a three quart saucepan with water, 2/3 cups salt, and a few drops of fabric dye.  Stir until the salt has dissolved.
*Heat water on the stovetop until it is boiling, then reduce heat.
*Put the shirt or other garment that you are dyeing into the water.
*Stir constantly for half an hour.  This step is essential if you want even coloring.  I did not stir constantly and I ended up with uneven dyeing, but I liked the end result anyway.
*After the shirt has been in the dye for 15 minutes, turn off the burner.
*At the end of the 30 minutes, remove the shirt from the dye solution.  Rinse with warm water, then wash in your washing machine.
Note: There are a number of different dyeing techniques, each rquiring varying levels of effort and difficulty.  This is the one that I chose to use, but there are many others you can choose from, some of which you can find here.