~I have a question~

[tiggerwannabe]

Where can I get this shirt?

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Anyone?

 

[flaps]

I would guess they're homemade.

 

[Lynn CC]

Those are too cute, I love them.
I've been driving by a tye dye shirt place here on the Cape and wanting to stop and buy a large size to wear to bed. I love dyed shirts, they remind me of my youth!
Now I want a Mickey tye dye.

 

[Missy1961]

Why not PM the ladies in the picture? If they made them themselves, they could get rich selling them to all of us!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I believe her name is BichonBarb but a PM won't go through...
there's another DISer out there with the Mickey shirt design in her avatar---I'll have to check my history & find them I guess.

 

[flaps]

I searched a bit and found the following:

http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/dyelog/B1063361308/C1056414315/

Posted at 01:06 PM Dyes & Dyeing Feedback
Sun - July 18, 2004
Tie-dyeing Disney characters


Name: Kim
Message: Hi I have never done tie-dye, and I would like to make some shirts for all of my family to wear on our trip to Disney World, in October. I need a little help,they are going to be halloween themed, but I am not sure how to make the mickey head, could you please lend me some advice/help thanks so much.

You need to be aware that, if you create anything with a Disney trademark on it, such as a Mickey Mouse head, you are required to pay money to the Disney company for the right to use their trademark in this way. Wearing your homemade Mickey Mouse shirts only at home, you would probably never come to the attention of the Disney corporation, but wearing them to the park is probably asking for trouble. Why not just make a set of brilliantly tie-dyed shirts without the trademarked Mickey Mouse head shape? It makes it so much easier to find the other members of your group, in a crowd, if you are wearing matching colorful shirts, especially if no one else has shirts of the same design.

Any advice on how to tie shirts for a specific design requires that you have a fair amount of experience already in tie-dyeing. A novice can always produce a bright, beautiful tie-dye the first time, *if* quality fiber-reactive dyes are used (not all-purpose dye), and the manufacturer's instructions are followed, but the specific design produced is generally not predictable until you have gained some experiece. I would advise you to pick a simple design for your family's shirts. Randomly applying rubber bands to make circles, then squirting on different colors of fiber reactive dye, works very well.

Given the above warnings, the simplest way to produce a design composed of circles is with the use of small rubber bands. Grab a point toward the center of the flat t-shirt (I prefer to tie shirts before pre-soaking them in the soda ash), and attach a rubber band, then attach two more rubber bands to form smaller circles that overlap on the upper side of the first rubber band. Getting this right would take a bit of trial and error.

Once you have mastered tying the shirts, you may dye either by dropping the shirts into a large pot of simmering all-purpose dye, and cooking them for half an hour (be sure not to reuse the large cooking pot for food afterwards, as all-purpose dye is certainly not safe for food use), or you can take the easier, and ultimately more economical route, by purchasing a tie-dye kit that contains fiber reactive dyes. Since fiber reactive dyes can be applied at room temperature, you can skip the bother of boiling the shirts (and ruining your best cooking pot!), and you will also find the results to be much brighter, prettier, and longer-lasting. Tie dye kits can be ordered from most of the companies listed on my Sources for Supplies page.

Posted at 09:58 AM Dyes & Dyeing Feedback

(emphasis mine)

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Thank you for all your responses---I was hoping they were store bought. (but pretty sure they were not)

 

[ohanafamily]

Hi, The Mod Posted in the thread where the girl who made the shirts hangs out... She should swing by here in a day or so. I will see if I can track down the post she had where she talks about how she made it.....

 

[KathyTX]

"The Mod"? Capitalized?

 

[ohanafamily]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=619045&perpage=15&pagenumber=213

about halfway down the page......

Originally posted by kadaten
No story, really.
Just that shirts made in a similar fashion can be found on the internet for sale for up to $50! No Mickey shirts, mind you....but shirts made the same way I made these

Me, I won't be selling them for $50. Seems outrageous to me! But it is a 2 day process, and each shirt alone takes 2-3 hours of work, and they dyes can be pricey and you use a lot of them, and each shirt is washed twice, soaked once, dyed once, and rinsed once in the process....so it's pretty involved. I went ahead and made some for my DH and kids when I did Barb's and Lewski's and mine....

I could be convinced to make a few batches if there is demand, but I'd have to do some research and see what the prices would need to be....

PS, I Meant One Of The Best Most Super Mods Of The Dis Posted Quite Properly In A Place Where The T-Shirt Designer Hangs Out. She Really Is A Super Mod, If Not A Super Mod-el!!!!!

 

[KathyTX]

Isn't he sweet????

 

[ohanafamily]

One More Thing, For Legality Sake, I don't think it is a Mickey Icon Head on the shirts, it is just a circle pattern.....

 

[kadaten]

Originally posted by tiggerwannabe
Where can I get this shirt?

How badly do you want one?

Just kidding! You can get them from me! I made them!
See my avatar?

I already have a few folks who have put their requests in. PM me what you're looking for and I'll let you know when I've got some batches cooking! Make sure to let me know if you have any deadlines...

I don't know prices yet, as the more I make, the cheaper I can get supplies...but I'll give you a good estimate before you commit to anything!

Hey, KathyTX! Thanks for the head's up! Might not have found this question if you hadn't posted it over on the TAG!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Thank you Ohanafamily & KathyTX-aka-The Mod!

Kdatan: thank you too, check your PMs...
Love those circles!

and Ohana, you have a little brown something on your nose there...

 

[ohanafamily]

Originally posted by tiggerwannabe
and Ohana, you have a little brown something on your nose there...

I had the pleasure of actually meeting KathyTX. She is not only beautiful, but extreemely nice, and why shouldn't I apreciate her beauty?

good luck on your Circle Pattern T-Shirts, I saw them in person on the day that photo was taken (we were having a meet) The shirts are Awesome.....

Tgis Ad paid for by the campaign to make sure everyone knows that the MODS are apreciated, funded in part but the Kadaten Tye Dye Fund

 

[tiggerwannabe]

This Ad paid for by the campaign to make sure everyone knows that the MODS are appreciated, funded in part by the Kadaten Tye Dye Fund

~Appreciation understood~

 

[MickeysMommy]

Kaite - Would you make a tank top?

 

[ohanafamily]

Originally posted by MickeysMommy
Kaite - Would you make a tank top?

I would try PMing kadaten.....

 

[Bichon Barb]

Boy-o boy-o boy-o BOY! It's not easy being a celebrity!