DYLA (Dyeing Your Life Away)

Presenting…

This mod allows players to create 41 different styles of tie-dyed blocks, by equipping a medium or small rubber band and right-clicking on Wool or Terracotta to tie/wrap the block before dyeing it in a profession block, the Dyeing Station. Recipes are based on the number of Rubber Bands, the sized used (Small or Medium), and the Dyes added to the Dyeing Station. The Dyeing Station is the profession table by which Tie-Dyed blocks are created. Along with the Tie Block, 3 different colors of Dye are needed, and 1 bucket of water. Ove 300 hundred new decorative Blocks added (41 tie-dye styles X 8 blocks per style), plus 5 Dyeing Stations, 16 Tie-Dyes, and Recipes for everything! Now we’re off to meet the whole group!

Meet and Greet!

Along the bottom row the visible blocks are: Door with colored glass, behind that is a Slab, on the left of the Slab is a Block, on top of the Block is a Fence, on top of the Slab is a Fence Gate, behind the Block and Slab are Stairs, on top of the stairs are Panes, behind the panes are the Trapdoor on the Left, and the Door with clear glass on the Right. (see the Gallery for 9 other Close-ups.)

Realism in Fantasy

In order to recreate the age-old craft of Tie-Dyeing, some liberties were taken with designs and results. I did try to bring some realism into the mix, like making Rubber Bands. Players must Smelt Logs to get Tree Sap, and mix that with either Blue or Red tie-dye to make the corresponding size. (_see About the Tie-Dye for the other “real” aspect I drew upon_)

Tie Blocks?

A Tie Block can have up to 20 Rubber Bands wrapped around it, either Medium or Small not mixed, on either Wool (white, a.k.a plain and boring), or Terracotta (regular, a.k.a also plain and boring). That makes 40 different recipes, 40 different Tie-Dyed blocks, 40 different Slabs, 40 different Doors, 40 different Stairs, and much more! But wait! If you act now, I’ll throw in 1 more Tie-Dye block, plus Slabs, Doors, Stairs, Panes, Trapdoors, Buttons, Fences, Fence Gates for everything! But I’m not done! No, no! I added a second set of doors with colored panes (yes, they are transparent too)! So Crafter’s Choice: Plain Glass Panes, or Fantastiliciously-wonderful colored panes. Hardly a choice, am I right, and only Slabs and Stairs have a Smooth Stone bottom face (under-side).

About the Tie-Dyes

All tie-dye designs were made by hand, photographed, and converted into digital artwork by me. The Tie-Dyes in-game are made from a variety of ingredients and not just regular ol’ plant dyes either. Tie-Dye began ages ago using _natural_ ingredients to create the various dyes used, so while Minecraft allows us to use some flowers and such, I went a step further and included other natural blocks, such as Dirt. Regular Dirt can be used to craft Brown dyes, whereas coarse Dirt can only craft Light Gray dye (blame the Gravel in it, not the Dirt!). Minecraft offers an abundance of materials that we collect and collect and collect, because it is too much effort to drag them all to a lava pit, so I put some of those materials to use making dyes and most of the recipes are probably fairly obvious now that you know natural blocks can be used. Tie-Dye components are not meant to be Rare or Uncommon, so many different objects can be used to make the various dyes, and Tie-Dyes themselves last for 128 uses each, and dyeing a whole stack of 64 blocks counts as one use, (as does dyeing a single block). This also means that the Tie-Dyes do not stack.

To get started, players will have to craft the components needed for the Beginner’s Dyeing Station: 1 Cauldron, 1 set of Iron Bars, 1 Bucket of Water, plus there are also 4 “used” Dyeing Stations that are more customized with art, and those require 1 Dyeing Station (the plain kind) and various Tie-Dyes to craft. (Note: Minecraft Dyes _do not work directly_ with this mod, but they can be used to craft tie-dyes.)

Requirements

Built and Tested on MC JAVA 1.21.1 and Neoforge 21.1.186\
Converted and Tested on MC Java 26.1.2 and Neoforge 26.1.2.95\
Converted to Fabric and tested on MC Java 26.1.2\
This mod does not replace anything, adds a mountain of colorable potential and a new crafting profession, but it does require Neoforge/Fabric. Recipes are reasonably balanced. The whole YLA (Your Life Away) group can be installed side-by-side, and work in harmony: DYLA, SYLA, and PYLA. That should really expand decorative horizons!

Thank yous

Thank you to the MCreator team for all their hard work on making MCreator, and providing a decent source for the community to utilize.\
MCreator\
Thank you to the Mojang Team for Minecraft, without which none of us would be here.\
Minecraft\
Thank you to the Neoforge Team for picking up the pieces of Forge and pushing forward.\
Neoforge\
Thank you to Modrinth for hosting all our fun!\
Thank you to the community!

FAQ

Q. Can I use your mod in my mod?\
A. Yes! Please include a Credits.txt file for attribution.

Q. Why can’t I use _ to make tie-dye(s)?\
A. The lists for each color are pretty extensive, but some things did not get added, usually because they are used for other recipes that are more rare to acquire. Most of the items are things that can be farmed, and Tie-Dyes last for 128 uses each, so you will not need to craft a bunch of them.

Q. That’s all the Tie-Dye choices we have?\
A. For now, yes. The number will definitely increase with future updates.

Other Mods by AJ

SYLA (Staining Your Life Away)\
[’)](https://modrinth.com/mod/syla-staining-your-life-away)

PYLA (Polishing Your Life Away)\
[’)](https://modrinth.com/mod/pyla-polishing-your-life-away)

Colored Obsidian Plus\
[](https://modrinth.com/project/colored-obsidian-plus)