***Disney Design Addict's Chit Chat,Designs and Pixie Dust! Everybody WELCOME!***

[Mrs. Squirrel]

We finally got our shirts done this week. It was much easier than I thought.

Of course, my wife did most of the work

Absolutely adorable. . .oh, and the t-shirt is nice too! Sorry to comment so late, but I've been gone a few days. I had to get therapy for my DDA!

 

[DisneyFreq]

Yes...I want to be Walt is a fantastic idea!!!!


Sorry Kate, I mean Julia&Nicks mom! *getting out the honey* Can you forgive me? I just KNEW there was a reason my friends in highschool called me "blunt." Guess you never grow out of "overly direct." Oh well...

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Yes...I want to be Walt is a fantastic idea!!!!


Sorry Kate, I mean Julia&Nicks mom! *getting out the honey* Can you forgive me? I just KNEW there was a reason my friends in highschool called me "blunt." Guess you never grow out of "overly direct." Oh well...

Kate is fine!! I saw your post quoted and the line "JuliaandNicks mom can be tedious" and I thought you meant my designs!! Then I read your whole quote and thought that it was very funny!!

Sorry - I was laughing at how you quote taken out of context sounded funny!!!

I agree that my screen name is WAY too long but if I changed it now - I'd lose everything - my identity, my tags, my post count!!!!!!

 

[SplashLover93]

another one by moi now im becoming addictive agh! anyway i made this if we might go to a park at night or something late shopping ect i hope it comes out good lol

 

[Dizneydaz]

I am so glad you all liked them. I will explain best I can. It really isn't that hard.

Take the shirt and draw a mickey head in pencil, on the shirt. I made a pattern on papper first and then traced along the edge. You will then "sew" the pattern. Use a needle and thread. I got a waxed thread at Michaels to make sure it didn't take up the dye. Sew a 1/4" - 1/2" basting stitch along the pencil line. A basting stitch is a very simple stitch that goes up & down through the fabric. Only go through the front of the shirt if that is where you want the mickey to be. If you want it on front and back. Do each side separtely. After stitching along the complete line, knot it, and pull it tight, so the fabric gathers in a bunch. Make sure the inside of the Mickey is poking outward. Pleat the rest of the fabric, so that you have a long snake like tube. The more careful you are with pleating the fabric along the length of the shirt, the better the final result. Go easy, and take your time. Wrap a rubber band around the threaded bunch. The tighter the tie, the more defined the outline of the mickey will be. Place remaining rubber bands in 1"-2" intervals along the rest of the shirt. It is a little hard to explain, but when you are done you will have a long snake. One end is the mickey on front of shirt and the other end it the back mickey. Through the middle is the rest of shirt (arms, neck etc.).

I will be glad to answer and questions if I didn't explain it well enough.

I did one today and it came out great! I bought my kit at Walmart. I had a little trouble with the basting. First I used regular thread, that broke. Then I used dental floss-worked great. I used about 1/2" stitches. I did front and back sides together.

When I opened it up and rinsed it a discovered that some of the green ran into one of Mickeys ears and I wasn't really happy with the definition of the shape. I got out my Clorox bleach pen and bleached out the areas of green on the yellow head shape. At the same time I wrote September 2005 across the bottom. The bleach pen worked great. I wasn't sure how long to leave it on so I rinsed it after about 15 mins. and reapplied for 30 more. After I rinsed it out, I re-stitched the head shape using small (1/4") stitches. I re-soaked and then re-dyed just the yellow part. I worked great! I am very happy with it now and will do 2 more for myself and my DM. I noticed that the writing across the bottom (bleach pen) showed up even better after washing the shirt in the washer.

My DD5 loves hers and we'll all be wearing them in Sept. Look for us!

I can email pictures of the process if it'll help anyone, also the finished shirt (I might change the pix in signature, if I have a chance to the one with DD wearing shirt)

35 days and counting! Yahoo-5 week mark!

 

[DisneyFreq]

OK Kate *bandaging ego* LOL. Guess my greatest fear in life is being misunderstood.

A bleach pen! MY GOSH...diznedaz, your genius is showing (if that confuses anyone, I'm sorry...It's my favorite line from spongebob). How wonderful of you to discover such a magical eraser! Now even the most nervous of first time designers can go forth and create without fear. Now...I just need to buy everything....hmmmm.....definitely need to rework my *disney* buget.....NAW!!! thats what overtime is for....now if I just had a job. LOL! Mabey hubby will put in the extra hours *batting eyelashes*

 

[cujochurch]

I did one today and it came out great! I bought my kit at Walmart. I had a little trouble with the basting. First I used regular thread, that broke. Then I used dental floss-worked great. I used about 1/2" stitches. I did front and back sides together.

When I opened it up and rinsed it a discovered that some of the green ran into one of Mickeys ears and I wasn't really happy with the definition of the shape. I got out my Clorox bleach pen and bleached out the areas of green on the yellow head shape. At the same time I wrote September 2005 across the bottom. The bleach pen worked great. I wasn't sure how long to leave it on so I rinsed it after about 15 mins. and reapplied for 30 more. After I rinsed it out, I re-stitched the head shape using small (1/4") stitches. I re-soaked and then re-dyed just the yellow part. I worked great! I am very happy with it now and will do 2 more for myself and my DM. I noticed that the writing across the bottom (bleach pen) showed up even better after washing the shirt in the washer.

My DD5 loves hers and we'll all be wearing them in Sept. Look for us!

I can email pictures of the process if it'll help anyone, also the finished shirt (I might change the pix in signature, if I have a chance to the one with DD wearing shirt)

35 days and counting! Yahoo-5 week mark!

Pictures, pictures! I can't wait to see them .The bleach pin is a great idea!

 

[Luv2Travel]

Okay, I'm having a hard time keeping up with my reading on all of these pages - they grow so quickly!

(1) Midnite - sorry about the new job not working out, you're obviously meant to find something better.
(2) Julia & Nick's Mom - Happy Belated Birthday!
(3) Baloo - in the tips thread, could you please include some websites or places to buy cheap 100% t-shirts? Has that been posted?
(4) I LOVE the newly decorated castle design and would like to use it for my family's t-shirts, any suggestions for what color t-shirt to put it on besides white? Has anyone found a color that looks really good? Thanks!

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Here is one I'm thinking of using for our MVMCP:

I absolutely love this one!!!!! I collect old fashion santa clauses, and this is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Harley-Mouse]

I love all your shirts Midnight I hope you can do our family shirt that I pm you about. Thank you for all your time.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

 

[Brendita]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Julie & Nicks Mom
A very talented Lady.

 

[cropper]

I hate to keep taking up space on this thread repeating myself but.....there are sooooooo many talented people on this thread!!!

Thank you to all of them for sharing their designs.

We are going to WDW Dec 3-9. If anyone sees me in their shirt design.....just think of it as a compliment and I really didn't mean to wear YOUR shirt while you are on vacation also!!

The MVMCP old Santa.....I love that one but, promise I won't do that one and show up to MVMCP in matching shirts. But, I might stop you and say hello!!!

 

[chaoscent]

Well - 3 different people told me what I should do to erase the background around clip art that I have. Why did it take 3 people, because I am computer impaired. I try hard, but I just don't get it. So 3 different people helped me and I have managed to erase all of the gray and white around Eeyore. And he is sitting there looking at me so pretty.
BUT - now what do I do? he is looking at me, smiling pretty I might add, with a black moving line around the box? Now what do I do to be able to use him on a tshirt? what is my next step. Remember, I am computer impaired. so i need directions like go to the box that says ...... open the box that says..... and right click or left click or whatever it is I am supposed to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am going to leave photoimpact open until I figure out how to save it since it took me an hour to erase everything. I made 3 mistakes, but I am hoping they won't be that noticable on one the beautiful Mickey heads. Thanks, Penny
ps, now I am addicted and impaired, what's next?????

 

[Belle0101]

Happy birthday to Julia and Nick's Mom


Now how's this for a challenge - DS5 is hoping to be tall enough to ride Rock 'n Rollercoaster this year. It looks like he'll be tall enough so how about a design with the R 'n R and something along the lines of finally being tall enough, hoping to be tall enough ...

I've been looking through the websites and of Midnite's and Julia and Nick's Mom and have 5 shirts picked out for our boys and now even DH wants a shirt! That's a shock to me because he has always been a fuddy-duddy stick-in-the-mud kinda guy. Guess I'm rubbing off on him

Thanks in advance!

 

[triplefigs]

Well - 3 different people told me what I should do to erase the background around clip art that I have. Why did it take 3 people, because I am computer impaired. I try hard, but I just don't get it. So 3 different people helped me and I have managed to erase all of the gray and white around Eeyore. And he is sitting there looking at me so pretty.
BUT - now what do I do? he is looking at me, smiling pretty I might add, with a black moving line around the box? Now what do I do to be able to use him on a tshirt? what is my next step. Remember, I am computer impaired. so i need directions like go to the box that says ...... open the box that says..... and right click or left click or whatever it is I am supposed to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am going to leave photoimpact open until I figure out how to save it since it took me an hour to erase everything. I made 3 mistakes, but I am hoping they won't be that noticable on one the beautiful Mickey heads. Thanks, Penny
ps, now I am addicted and impaired, what's next?????

I'll try. first thing. Right click on eyeore (with the black line going around him) and select "Copy"

Next, go to the "Flie" tab at the top left and click it. Select "New" and then "New Image". Under "Canvas" click "Transparent" and under Image Size click "Standard". It should give you a black and white checkered page (indicating it's transparent). Right click on that page and select "paste". Now eyeore without the background should be there.

To save it as a clipart with no background, go again to "File" and choose "Save As". In file name put what you want to call the clipart. In the "Save As Type" choose "GIF" so it'll save without the background.

After that you should just be able to insert the clipart into whatever you want or designs you make.
HTH!

 

[Mrs. Squirrel]

Three cheers to J&M's Mom!!! Happy Birthday!!! Hope you had a great day!

 

[chaoscent]

I'll try. first thing. Right click on eyeore (with the black line going around him) and select "Copy"

Next, go to the "Flie" tab at the top left and click it. Select "New" and then "New Image". Under "Canvas" click "Transparent" and under Image Size click "Standard". It should give you a black and white checkered page (indicating it's transparent). Right click on that page and select "paste". Now eyeore without the background should be there.

To save it as a clipart with no background, go again to "File" and choose "Save As". In file name put what you want to call the clipart. In the "Save As Type" choose "GIF" so it'll save without the background.

After that you should just be able to insert the clipart into whatever you want or designs you make.
HTH!

I can now go to bed a happy woman for the first time in many nights. I did it. I now have a transparent Eeyore. I opened him the Print Shop, Cut around the large transparent, and made transparent box just around him and now he sits happily on my pin trader page. I will insert him into one of the great Mickey Heads tomorrow night. Now that I erase backgrounds, I am no longer inept or impaired (at least about this one small piece of my world) but I am still addicted.
& the little red boxes are going away and my smilies are coming back. Life doesn't get any better than this.
Thanks so very, very much to all of you who offered advice. this novice appreciates it very much.


Btw - funny story about being inept. I made 2 tshirts for two children who are leaving our school using the designs here. I made a new Jiminy one for one child who loves Jiminy. Printed the Jiminy with no problems. Well, it took my 3 tries to do the Princess one. First I printed the poster instead of the tshirt design (on the tshirt paper), then I printed the tshirt design and some of the words were cut off (I don't know how that happened except I made the tshirt in Print SHop 20 and sent it to work and printed it in Print Master (yeah, it was the computer's fault, bad computer )
then I fixed it and somehow messed up the colors. When I printed it the 4th time, it was right. Well, we learn from our mistakes.
Penny

 

[Mrs. Squirrel]

Triplefigs-Thanks for the PhotoImpact tip! I was getting the same results, but taking way more steps to get there.

Chaoscent-I luv your Star Wars Mickeys! My DH and I are real Sci-Fi Geeks.

J&M's Mom-Beautiful job for the girls night out. Your design's just get better and better! And thanks again for the tag!

MidNite-Sorry to hear about the job. Here's to something better coming your way!

 

[bishop1989]

How do you reverse the image for printing so that it will print ok? I saved pic but can't reverse it for printing?