Hi, everyone.
Over August and early September, I read every post and looked at every picture on this thread. Thanks to all who posted pictures and tips. I felt confident that this was something I could do. Spent a few weeks gathering supplies, using my 40% off coupons at Michaels and AC Moore
Did my shirts last weekend, pics posted below. I really wanted more blue and purple, but they ended up with alot of green. I guess that is the beauty and originality of tie dying, you're never really sure what you're going to end up with.
I am not a big t-shirt wearer. So everyone's assignment was to buy a white cotton shirt that was to their taste. The men got regular craft store cotton t-shirts. I bought a ladies all cotton tee with a v-neck, but it was a bit thicker than a regular t-shirt, with a brushed feel, a little stretchy, even though it had no spandex in it. Two of the shirts had 1-2% spandex. I bought the sythrapol detergent to wash the shirts, just to be extra careful.
The regular men's cotton t-shirts faded the most in the post-dye washing process. The colors stayed most vibrant and contained (with less bleeding together) on the shirts with the spandex. The two cotton v-necks were good, too, but just a shade less vibrant than the ones containing spandex.
I thought I tied my mickey heads tight enough and made the rubber bands tight, but the green dye really seeped through, so I did have to touch up three of the shirts with the clorox gel bleach pen.
I'm very happy with them for a first attempt. Looking forward to doing a second batch sometime in different colors.
Here are my pictures, look forward to wearing the shirts NEXT WEEK!!!!
Thanks again to all who posted tips and pictures. Made all the difference!
GoofyWalker
