Bright colors making tie-dye

Floyd L. Brandt
Posted 7/18/18

Working over the past year and a half at Torrington Office Supply/Scrapbook Creative Zone, Gypsy LaiMore has been teaching children to make Tie-Dye shirts and other arts and crafts.

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Bright colors making tie-dye

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TORRINGTON – Working over the past year and a half at Torrington Office Supply/Scrapbook Creative Zone, Gypsy LaiMore has been teaching children to make Tie-Dye shirts and other arts and crafts. 

With 20 children in the class and some parents helping, the children filled Torrington City Park with sounds of laughter and joy for Tie-dye in the Park on Friday. The excitement of making a Tie-Dyed shirt could be seen as they put rubber bands on the twisted shirts.

What was once considered a messy art form has now gotten easier to make. No more dipping the fabric into a bucket or having to dissolve dyes to dip into. LaiMore uses Tulip tie-dying in her classes she said they gives a more vivid colors and is easier to use. 

LaiMore teaches the basic of Tie-Dying and the spiral design, which she said should not take much more than a half hour. But she is a firm believer in giving children more time as needed, not to rush their artistic creativity. 

LaiMore got involved doing art projects because of her daughter, letting her express herself through art. 

“I think it is important for them to be creative and express themselves and it gives them something to do in the summer,” LaiMore said. “Because not every kid wants to go to the pool, it also gives the parents something to do with their children.”

All the family can get involved with upcoming classes. On July 24, LaiMore will be holding classes for Shark Week for older children and their parents. “We will be doing arts and crafts and learning about sharks,” Laimore said.