The children at Kilmartin P.S. showed off their new tie-dyed t-shirts at the recent Mid Argyll Music Festival. Who wants to perform in boring navy school sweatshirts when you can brighten everyone’s day with a touch of the Caribbean? As part of the Cloth Uncut project, the children have screen printed patterns after looking at a variety of fabrics from African countries, woven their own tartan with lace and ribbon to represent Cyprus and finally learned how to tie-dye after looking at Caribbean fabrics.


The children certainly brought a splash of colour to a grey Lochgilphead Saturday at the Music Festival. Some of our children have now taken their tie-dye skills home, making brightly coloured duvet covers! As well as being proud of their t-shirts, the children also won the Ensemble Singing class with their version of Take That’s song ‘Rule the World.’ The children have decided to make more tie-dye products next session to sell at a Christmas Fair.