Tie Dye Instructions for Spiral Mickey Shirt

[DisneyRunner2009]

The tshirts I use are the multi pack Hanes or Fruit of the Loom. Make sure the shirt is 100% cotton. If needed, I use the bleach pen after I've rinsed, washed and dried the shirt. I use detergent when washing the shirt, after being rinsed thoroughly.

 

[jenseib]

I went today to get some shirt...lets just say fall in Ohio...not much choice. All of Michaels were 50/50 blend. Not a thing in the kids section at Walmart and I found two white t-shirts in the ladies area. I bought a white hankerchif to do a trial run on. I also bought some clearance tie dye stuff by arts mind at Michaels. I figured I could play iwth a bit and get used to it and then order what I actually want. My DH may be wearing a lot of tie dye shirts out in the barn since I'm gonna practice on his crappy white shirts (well dingy white)

 

[jenseib]

Ok, what did I do wrong.
I'll post a picture later. My hanky turned out fairly decent..with a lot of white, which I kind expected. The head looked decent too, but I wanted to give it more definition and outlines it with a bleach pen...it was NOT a gel one, just the regular clorax one. Well it bled into the ear a LOT and now I have kind of a deformed head. It would've been better if I left it alone. Why did it bleed so much.Do I need to be further away from the head to do the head when I outline? Could it be the thinner fabric? How do you get a nice line with no bleeding?

 

[jenseib]

never mind...it WAS a stupid gel pen. I swear I looked it over to be sure it wasn't...but it is written differently than my other pen and I just found the gel part. I wonder if we have the option here to get something other than gel?

 

[jenseib]

Pixie...one question. You said you leave a little space between colors, but so far my colors really bleed. I guess I need to practice more? I don't like them bleeding into each other.

 

[PixieDust32]

Oh no sorry about that.

Probably practices makes a lot of difference. If you want to leave a space keep in mind that the dye will run, so make the space bigger so the dye don't run over the other colors, I only do that when the colors are not friendly, meaning they will make a muddy color when mixing, but with friendly colors its fun to mix them because you get some awesome shades.

 

[csummerlin55]

You could try loading your pictures, if they are stored on the computer, to photobucket.com. Then you are able to post here.

Thanks! I'll try that.

 

[csummerlin55]

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Lets see if I did this right. This should be a pic of my family in our Tie Dye at 1900 Park Fare. The trip to the barber shop was a great accent. The shirts really made it easy for us to find each other when we were seperated.

 

[csummerlin55]

My family ♥

ME ♥

Pixie-- I love all of the goodies you have posted on this thread. I think the Halloween and Christmas ones are my favorite. I like the polo. How hard was that one? Did you just twist it the same?

 

[jenseib]

Does anyone know where to buy inexpensive pillow cases and girls dresses for tie dying. I am having a heck of a time finding anything locally

 

[PixieDust32]

Does anyone know where to buy inexpensive pillow cases and girls dresses for tie dying. I am having a heck of a time finding anything locally

www.dharmatrading.com

They have pillowcases and dresses.

 

[PixieDust32]

Pixie-- I love all of the goodies you have posted on this thread. I think the Halloween and Christmas ones are my favorite. I like the polo. How hard was that one? Did you just twist it the same?

Thank you ♥

My DH found a very soft polo on sale in wal mart and he wanted me to use it instead of the the t shirt.
Its the same process but it gets tricky because of the collar, but just fold it along the way. I did the twist from the Mickey just like the t shirts.

 

[PixieDust32]

 

[jenseib]

www.dharmatrading.com

They have pillowcases and dresses.

Thanks. I have looked there, but their shipping seems kind of high. Do they ever offer free shipping?

 

[PixieDust32]

Thanks. I have looked there, but their shipping seems kind of high. Do they ever offer free shipping?

Oh yes, their shipping is expensive nop! I get my stuff from them and I have to pay it

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Here are my latest. Have a lot of time before our next trip in 2013. I should have lots of shirts by then

 

[jenseib]

Here are my latest. Have a lot of time before our next trip in 2013. I should have lots of shirts by then

Those are awesome!

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Thank you. I am still trying to master that mickey head. Doesn't look bad in pictures but up close it needs some work.

 

[jenseib]

Here are some of my very first. I am pretty proud for not having a clue.
I didn't get a picture of the back of the small tank, but it looks pretty cool and full of color. Also the hanky is the one I outlined in bleach pen then found out it was gel so it bled.
I made another tank that looked pretty cool and sent it to a client. I also just got down with a ribbed tank of mine that got some yellowing on it recently. it's in the dryer right now, but I think it's my best yet. I am debating on outlining the mickey head on that one (with a non gel pen)
One is bleached, as the shirt got some belachy marks...and I decided instead of wearing it for yard work, lets see if I can make it better

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

All of these projects are looking . Jenseib, I like the blue shirt with Mickey heads. It looks like the sky and clouds.