PixieDust32
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- Jun 16, 2005
Pixidust- do you use a bleach pen at all to outline the mickey head?
No, not at all.
Pixidust- do you use a bleach pen at all to outline the mickey head?
PixieDust32 - do you recommend soaking in soda ash after you tie off Mickey's head but before you make the "danish" or is it better to do all your twisting/banding and then soak in soda ash? I'm so excited to order supplies and get started
Pixidust- do you use a bleach pen at all to outline the mickey head?
I have been inspired to give this a shot tomorrow. I apologize if this has been asked before, but I (admittedly) have not read through all 153 pages, but I was being lazy and just went to WalMart since the closest craft store is about 40 min away, and there was a dye kit that didn't require a presoak in soda ash. Should I be OK going without it?
edit: I just read back and realized that others had done the same with the same kit, and had ok results.
But now I'm a bit more confused with the Mickey ear part-- I'm just going to give it a shot and see what happens. Experience is the best teacher, right?
What do you need help with re: the mickey ears?
I couldn't figure out how to make them not look like big blobs.
It was a little better, but still not all that defined. I tried less ink, more ink, tighter stitches, tighter elastics, wider elastics, etc. I just couldn't get the outline to not bleed and felt that the detail I paid to stitching around the mickey heads was just a waste of time in the end. One of the next ideas was individually wrapping the ears, but truth be told I'm not sure I care enough since the bleach pen produces some cool effects.