***Post Your Homemade WDW shirts!****

[Baloo]

We've got a new home!

Follow this link for more room to be creative!
http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=30&f=40


Check out the WELCOME post to explain what it's all about!


C'ya real soon! ​

 

[my3princes]

Here's a design I dreamt up. Literally, I had a dream about it last night.

Deb

 

[sPaRkLeSpAz]

Awwww, the Sleepy one is so cute!

 

[Here we go again...]

I love the tie dye Mickey shirts. Is anyone making them for this site? I really want some, but do not have a creative bone in my body..

 

[princesssonny]

If you don't want to design your own here is a really cool website where you can kind of design your own. This place has every Disney image imaginable along with you can choose colors, add text, names, etc. It is a really cool website.

http://www.zazzle.com/collections/disneyinkshop/

 

[pskelly]

Great site to design your own T-shirt, thx for the tip.

 

[fanofdisney]

I love it! Thanks- I'll be creating shirts for our next trip.

If you don't want to design your own here is a really cool website where you can kind of design your own. This place has every Disney image imaginable along with you can choose colors, add text, names, etc. It is a really cool website.

http://www.zazzle.com/collections/disneyinkshop/

 

[disneymouse]

 

[disneymouse]

i'm learning how to add pictures to my post! sorry it's so huge! this design was created for us my triplefig!

 

[bertalander]

Dd wanted a very pale pink colored one... I wasn't thrilled with it but she was, and that's what matters!

When the dark blue one was done it was hard to see the Black Mickey Head at first. My 5 yo ds declared it a perfect Hidden Mickey shirt.

The green ended up with a big black spot between the ears, I was going to redo, but my little one loved it so much I let it be.

Lots of fun...

But, uhm, don't forget those gloves!

~Berta

We leave in a week!!!!!!!!!

 

[oobidoo]

How do you make the tie died shirts? They are great!!!

 

[bertalander]

I found a link to the direction hera at DIS. I can't post a link though the board won't let me!!!

So here are the instructions:

Ilene Fabisch's Mickey Head Tie-Dye T-Shirt


For this project you will need:

Dye colors of your choice in squirt bottles: I found the recommended dye is Procion MX Fiber Reactive Dyes. These dyes don't need hot water and are colorfast. Mix the dye as follows: 2 tsp dye (4 for turqoise) 8 oz water. Some people suggest adding Urea (moisture agent enhances colors)or Soda Ash (roughens fibers so dye sticks). Neither one appears to be necessary.
1 cup soda ash

1 gal water

needle and thread

t-shirts, 100%cotton works best, 50/50 won't hold dye as well.

about 6-10 rubber bands (#2)

rubber gloves

plastic trash bags
Shirt preparation: Prewash to remove "sizing" and preshrink your shirt. Start out with the shirt dry, and then soak it in soda ash after its been sewn and tied.
Take the shirt and draw a mickey head in pencil, on the shirt. You can prepare a stencil beforehand and trace along the edge.
Take a needle and double thread it. 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, and will gather the fabric when knotted and pulled tight. Only go through the front of the shirt if that is where you want the mickey to be. Go through the back as well if you want it on both back and front.
After stitching along the complete line, knot it, and pull it tight, so the fabric gathers in a bunch. This part is hard to describe; you are going to pull on the area you just gathered so it is like a pouch and 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.
Prepare a warm water bath with 1 gallon of water and 1 cup of soda ash. Soak the shirt(s) for thirty minutes. Wring it out or place it in the washing machine, on the spin cyle. You want it damp, but not soaked.
To dye:

Using a squirt bottle, put the color where you want it...for instance my shirt is red, white and blue because we were there for the July 4th celebration..so I used red for the center where I had gathered the mickey shape, then blue, then red, then blue and so on. I did not do white as the shirt is white and I knew that color would be where the rubber bands where holding. Be careful not to get one color on another if that is not the look you want. It's a little difficult to keep from getting the wrong color dye in the next closest section. You can do all of one color and then switch colors to help with this problem.
After dyeing, carefully place the project on a plastic trash bag, and cover it with more plastic. I place a project on one half of a trashbag, and then fold the other half over it. Let it sit for 8-24 hours. The longer the better. This is the hardest part because you so badly want to see what it looks like!
Rinse the project out under cold water. Cut the rubber bands off, or remove them carefully. Continue to rinse the project out until the water runs nearly clear. Wash the project by itself or with other projects in the washing machine.
You can now wear your shirt proudly, and wash it with other like clothing. The dye is permanent and colorfast.
For beginners it might be best to get a simple tie dye kit that has the right chemicals for setting the dye. My kit cost $10 on sale from Kaybee toys and had many colors, the directions, the squirt bottles (like a ketchup container at restaurants) and the chemicals. It was really easy to do. Oh yeah, remember to wear rubber gloves, LOL! Have fun!

Tips from us:
~Use dental floss to baste stitch with... I used thread the first time and it popped! Also the floss will be water proof.
~When you pull the stitching together fold Midkey's ears downwards on the sides of his face. If you do them up together you end up with the spot between the ears.
~Dye the head black (or your Mickey head color of choice) FIRST then tightly wrap up in a plastic baggie. Then have fun with the rest! I found this keeps the color from getting on the rest of the shirt.

Well, I hope that helps! Have fun if you make them... and beware... it's QUITE the mess. But still lots of fun.

~Berta

 

[MissMichelle]

I love the Wildreness Lodge pic! I need to start making stuff with my PSP9 program! The kids would love that type if thing...

 

[outstandinfarmer]

Here's my birthday shirt!!

 

[Praise2Him]

This is the shirt I made for our Christmas trip last year.

 

[Buckleybunch]

does disney say anythign about the homemade t-shirts??

 

[RaySharpton]

I am just so excited.

I just can't believe how beautiful these Disney Wonder Stateroom Door Signs are.

You made wonderful designs, triplefigs.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, triplefigs.

Do you think that I might win the Mousefest Stateroom Door Sign Contest with these absolutely beautiful Door Signs?

I am going to put the wreath over the stateroom door number and the rest of them around the door.

I have some of the authors book covers to put on the door, too, along with some of the web site logos.

And I will add some more pictures of the cruise each day.

And, of course, some Home Depot Paint Swatch Mickey heads to write names and such.

I am just so "Wonder"...fully happy.

Thank you, Denise.

I just had to share.

Sincerely, Ray

 

[anty30]

awesome, thanks.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Ray, I just have to say I really like this.

 

[Tinkershell]

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4336564