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disneyeveryyear · 10-07-2005, 01:47 AM

OK - Here goes:

1. Draw Mickey head on front and back of shirt

2. Baste just outside of pencil marks

3. Pull thread tight making sure all material poofs to the outside

4. Tie off (keeping very tight) Mickey heads are on right and left - neckline showing to the top of picture, sleeve laying on top of shirt

5. Band around Mickey heads

Here is a close up you can see "ears" are smaller tabs, "head" is larger

Now is where it gets to be very personal. I wanted concentric circles around Mickey's head - like the pictures of my kids' shirt. Thus I just kept bunching the fabric in a tube and banding every couple of inches up to neckline and sleeves.

I then banded top of each sleeve

Then I banded the sleeves 1/2 down and banded down the bottom part of the shirt

To produce more of a white outline around Mickey head and to separate colors more, use more than one rubber band. The most recent shirts I have done have about 1" of banding around head. DD6 dyed her g-ma's tonight. We'll have to see how it looks tomorrow.

Additionally, some sites say to pleat before you band, or roll. To be honest, I pleated the first two and didn't like the way they turned out. Thus, I just started scrunching from then on.

Hope these help. If someone needs more pics, let me know. I still have at least 3 more shirts to go!

10-07-2005, 01:47 AM	#7
disneyeveryyear Not fully packed until she gets on the plane and then there’s always Wal-Mart! Disney Lover!!!! (I think I am addicted to exclamation points!) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 2,964	Here are the pics I promised OK - Here goes: 1. Draw Mickey head on front and back of shirt 2. Baste just outside of pencil marks 3. Pull thread tight making sure all material poofs to the outside 4. Tie off (keeping very tight) Mickey heads are on right and left - neckline showing to the top of picture, sleeve laying on top of shirt 5. Band around Mickey heads Here is a close up you can see "ears" are smaller tabs, "head" is larger Now is where it gets to be very personal. I wanted concentric circles around Mickey's head - like the pictures of my kids' shirt. Thus I just kept bunching the fabric in a tube and banding every couple of inches up to neckline and sleeves. I then banded top of each sleeve Then I banded the sleeves 1/2 down and banded down the bottom part of the shirt To produce more of a white outline around Mickey head and to separate colors more, use more than one rubber band. The most recent shirts I have done have about 1" of banding around head. DD6 dyed her g-ma's tonight. We'll have to see how it looks tomorrow. Additionally, some sites say to pleat before you band, or roll. To be honest, I pleated the first two and didn't like the way they turned out. Thus, I just started scrunching from then on. Hope these help. If someone needs more pics, let me know. I still have at least 3 more shirts to go! __________________ Beverly MM Step 2; September 28, 2009 Last edited by disneyeveryyear; 10-07-2005 at 02:06 AM. Reason: Pictures wouldn't show