Anyone make (or have made) T-shirts for everyone?

[trappednabox]

try zazzle.com! IT'S THE BEST! it has every character and cute phrases!!

 

[MariettaC]

We asked my granddaugher(11) to design our tee shirts for our upcoming trip in March. She drew a picture for the front and it says Our Grand Gathering March 2005. On the back we are going to list all the family members in our party. My daughter will use iron on transfers to place the picture and names on the tee shirts. I haven't seen them yet but I'm sure they'll be great.

 

[christinadei]

Marieta, that is so funny that you say that because I was in bed last night thinking about putting everyones names on the back and somehow highlighting or making bigger, the person who's shirt it is. Great minds think alike! Having your grand-daughter draw a picture is such a great idea!!!

I'm off to check zazzle.com.

 

[christinadei]

I just realized that I'd already looked at zazzle.com and while they have lots of cute pictures, the resolution is horrible. The site I posted before is the only one I found that is able to be enlarged and still look nice. If anyone finds any others, please let us know.

 

[jacksmom]

I couldn't find the clip art I wanted. So, I downloaded a photo of my ds with a character from our last trip (Oct.) and used it! It turned out so cute! Now, I want to make more! It is really clear! I was surprised!

 

[Katd52]

For the plain dress try dharmatrading.com They sell all sorts of clothing blanks and dyes too!

 

[joshua4]

I just love the shirt you made -- but did you really follow the directions on Mouseforless. I noticed that your shirt did not have a ring pattern, instead more of a swirl pattern which I love. I know how to make a swirl tie dye pattern, but I can't figure out how you got the mickey in the middle? Did you use the squirt bottle dye to to do this? How did you prevent the dye from staying within the mickey head outline? Did you really let the dyed shirts sit for 24 hours before unravelling? Any other tips? I am leaving in a week and was going to try to this project this weekend. I have only 7 shirts to make and a sister to help me but I think I need your words of wisdom first.

Also, any idea where to fine 100 percent cotton t shirts- michaels and walmart seem to only stock 50/50.

Help!!!

Thanks.

Lauren

 

[Bellefan66]

This is such a cool idea! I'm sure our gang will do something similar when we go. Great ideas!

 

[robinb]

I just love the shirt you made -- but did you really follow the directions on Mouseforless. I noticed that your shirt did not have a ring pattern, instead more of a swirl pattern which I love.

Lauren: Thanks! I did followed the MouseForLess directions and the directions for general tie-die in the tie-die package I bought and on the Internet.

I know how to make a swirl tie dye pattern, but I can't figure out how you got the Mickey in the middle? Did you use the squirt bottle dye to do this? How did you prevent the dye from staying within the Mickey head outline? Did you really let the dyed shirts sit for 24 hours before unravelling?

I traced the Mickey Pattern on the shirt with a pencil. I printed out a Mickey head in small and large and used that. I sewed around the Mickey with Dental Floss (through both sides of the shirt) and pulled it tight as I went. There is probably a better thread to use, but that's what I had that was strong enough to pull and make tight. Once you have the Mickey sewed, you gather the Mickey up in a little pouch, pushing the back of the shirt in toward the front and secure a rubber band tightly around the base of the Mickey. I then twisted, wrapped and rubber banded the rest of the shirt. Some I made in the swirl pattern and some I made in the bulls eye pattern.

I used a squirt bottle of red dye and started with Mickey. The combination of the tight sewing and the rubber band keeps the red dye in the Mickey and off the rest of the shirt. I then used blue and yellow on my other rubber banded sections, sticking the nossel of the bottle into the folds get enough dye on the shirt. I did allow the t-shirts to sit for 24 hours or more.

Any other tips?

I worked on a card table covered with plastic. I also used many disposable rubber gloves and wore old clothes. Be careful when handling the just dyed t-shirts. Any drops on the plastic or dye, from your hands or from another shirt will rub off on them. I wrapped the t-shirts in garbage bags to keep them moist and separate. Make sure you follow the directions for prepping the shirts. You need to wash them in something (I don't remember what, but any tie-die place will have the chemical) so the dye sticks better.

I spoke to a woman in December who made her crew a bunch of t-shirts and she said she used small plates to trace the Mickey heads. Her Mickeys were much bigger than mine and I think they looked better bigger. Secondly, she said that she dyed the Mickey head first, making sure that she squirted dye on into the pouch from the inside first and then the outside so the Mickey showed on both sides of the shirt when done. Then, she wrapped a sandwich bag around the Mickey to keep the red off the rest of the shirt and then wrapped and tied the rest.

Also, any idea where to fine 100 percent cotton t shirts- michaels and walmart seem to only stock 50/50.

I know that some of our local craft stores also carry 100% cotton. Let your fingers do the walking . It really makes a difference.

Good luck and have fun! Take a picture for us .

 

[joshua4]

Thanks for all of the great insights! I think I will get the supplies today and try a sample one before I launch into making 7.

Keep you fingers crossed! If they come out right, the kids (ages 3, 4, 5, 8 and 12) are going to look gosh darn cute.

Lauren

 

[christinadei]

I was going to do the same thing also for the kids. I am going to use some clip art and also put their names on them. I am trying to think of a catchy slogan to use. I was thinking maybe "Lil' Mouseketeer" or I also like polkadotminnie's idea of "Magic Our Way"

Where do you plan on putting their name?

 

[ksoehrlein]

Anyone have good sites for downloading disney font? I want to do the Walt Disney World 2005 in classic disney font.

Try this site:
http://www.disneyexperience.com/fonts.htm

 

[jcallegan529]

Thanks to everyone for the great ideas. Big thanks to christinsdei for the clipart site and ksoehrliin for the font site. I got every thing I need downloaded to make shirts. We are leaving Feb. 2, 2005 for our first ever trip. I think mt boys (12 & 9) will get a kick out of the shirts I'm going to make.

Our motto is "Look out Disney, Here come the Callegans" I think the shirts will turn out really cute.

6 days and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Again!