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[maxsmom]

Ok, here's my 1st attempt:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AcOWTVy1ctmIj

I will try again to insert them, trying to remember how still.

 

[PixieDust32]

Ok, here's my 1st attempt:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AcOWTVy1ctmIj

I will try again to insert them, trying to remember how still.

Good Job!

 

[*Meagan*]

These shirts are awesome!!!

PixieDust32- do you do special orders and make the shirts for people?

 

[nonni]

Hi Pixie. I have a couple of questions about the Christmas shirts you did.

1) What were the names of the Dharma colors that you used?
2) When using just two colors how do you do it? Half and half, or alternating quarters, or do you do more segments than that?

Thank for your help. You are so great for helping all of us!

 

[PixieDust32]

I think they were Fire Red and bright green. I do alternate quarters.

 

[nonni]

I think they were Fire Red and bright green. I do alternate quarters.

Thank you sooo much!

 

[bkgkdisneymom]

We LOVE these shirts! My kids and I can't wait to make them. Thanks for all the instructions, PixieDust. You have inspired us!

 

[PixieDust32]

Ya'll so welcome ♥♥♥

 

[poohnpigletCA]

PixieDust
Thank you so much for your help. I have a few more questions. I got a Jacquard kit at Joanns and the enclosed DVD said to band your bun first in the roll shape and then soak in the soda ash in the bands. Have you done it that way?

The kit says 10-15 shirts is this close to accurate? And have you used the Hanes shirts that come in a 5 pack or do you buy individual shirts?

Finally, how many bands do you put under the Mickey head? I have read through the first 50 pages of this thread and it looks like 4-10 bands would work.

Thank you.

 

[PixieDust32]

It doesn't matter how you soak the shirt, as long as your soak it in the soda ash water, I always soak before i tied it.

I don't use undershirts like the ones you mentioned, those are to thin and to small, I use regular T shirts, yes individuals. About the kit, 10-15 is a lot of shirts but I don't know how big is the kit, if is the one with 3 bottles, then you might make 3 shirts depending on the size.

All depends how tie your put your bands, sometimes I used 2 or 3, sometimes 4 depending on how tie and how big is the shirt. 4 would be fine.

 

[Cindy-rella]

First time I found this! These are so cute ! Of course, I haven't read every post! Where do you buy your tie die kit from? Thanks!!

 

[PixieDust32]

 

[PixieDust32]

Here some Halloween colors for Inspiration:

 

[poohnpigletCA]

So me and my girls got all of our tie dying done yesterday. The good news is we had fun.

The bad news is we made such a mess that I think it will all just be a blob. The first shirts did not get enough dye and the last shirts got way too much dye.

Now to wait until they can be rinsed out.

 

[LockShockBarrel]

I've recently discovered a deep love of tiedye.

Started out with the Jacquard kits, then got asked to tiedye chef coats for where I work and oh man what a nightmare that was. 64% polyester chef coats. We had to do them with Jacquard iDyes, both the natural and synthetic dyes...and then hold the stupid coats in the dye for 30 min while they simmered on the stove. We did it on a flipping 90 degree day too....never again....never again. Certainly not your normal tie dye either, they ended up having this weird old american flag quality to them (we did blue and red, which is what the chef wanted) I'll try to post a pic eventually.

We just did more today, socks and shirts and 1 hoodie, and we used Jacquard Procion dyes, hopefully they'll turn out ok.

I wanted to ask Pixie...do you think we could save the soda ash water? We also have a decent amount left over and have just been throwing it out but it's starting to get expensive. Could we just save it in a lidded bucket and reuse it?

 

[PixieDust32]

You can re use it, but I don't know if it would be ok to keep it for a long period of time. If you use a lot it would be better to buy the bigger can, also mix just enough for what are you using at the time.

The Soda Ash is also called SODIUM CARBONATE, or shocker, its use in swimming pools to raise the PH, you can find it in Wal mart, home depot etc. The big jug is about 6 -8 dollars, and it goes a loooong way. Right now all the pool stuff is on sale.

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Sorry if you've mentioned this stuff a billion times. I just can't go through 90+ pages of posts you know?

I was just doing some pricing research on the dyes...and I think I'm going to switch to the Dharma dyes. We paid about $4.50 for the 2/3oz jars of Jacquard at the only craft store in Buffalo that carries it, but most of the Dharma colors run that much, give or take a couple bucks depending on the color, for 2 full oz, so obviously better deal. I'll definitely just get the pool shocker stuff now, it's stupid to pay more just because its sold through a craft store... I found that out with chinese takeout boxes too. My friend is getting married and we're putting her favors in little takeout boxes that we stamped with a peacock (that's her theme), and when I was looking for the boxes on the web, on craft store sites it was like 50 bucks for 50 boxes, then I looked on a restaurant supply site and they were like 8 cents a box. Obviously a big difference!

Thanks for your help, I don't know how long "long'' would be as far as storage but we might give it a shot if it means not wasting as much. We've only dyed 4 times even, and once was that stupid polyester business which doesn't use soda ash, so we're very much still learning how much/many things we need.

 

[PixieDust32]

Yes, the soda ash is only for natural fibers.

You can try the Dharma, it might be better for you. I like them a lot.

 

[PixieDust32]

Some Pix of the day... Lots of color to bright your day!

Hope everybody is doing great!

 

[nonsmom]

We are going to attempt it today. I can't wait to see how they come out. We are going down to WDW soon and are a party of eight, varied ages. I need them to be cool colors for a 17 year old boy and 13 year old girl. Wish me luck!