Don’t use their instructions for water ration – we get very sharp bright colors using 3x the amount of water , and since we save the bottles from each kit, we now have extras for dividing the excess dye into ‘my set, your set, her set, etc!
Or , just set aside the extra in a few paper cups and refill as needed.
And – fill each bottle only about 1/2 way each time.

Mist HEAVILY over the entire shirt before you begin, and don’t bother with the sun-drying. You really need to simply wrap them as well as possible and then leave the dye to set 8-12 hours, over night works best.
That gives you brighter colors, and less dye rinses out.

Looking at your pics, the dye is being both over and under used.
DO turn the shirt over and add dye to both sides of the project,
DON’T add so much dye that there are puddles of dye under the project.
A light touch is best , no I’m not crazy, yes I know how kids are – we do this with kids from 7-17
(That’s why they get 1/2 empty bottles)

Finally, after the projects have been well wrapped in plastic and left to sit overnight, rinse well, wash in cold water , no soap, and THEN toss in the dryer.

Don’t give up – these kits CAN be much easier than the dye baths, I promise!

Susan, I realized too late yesterday when I was getting this post ready that I didn’t have pics of the finished shirts, and they are all currently in the dirty laundry….which means they won’t be ready for wear for at least a week….*sigh*.

Oh and don’t move to Maine then you will be a bunch of liberal rednecks and that ain’t pretty