Arts and Crafts **Tie Dye Mickey ears shirts directions**NEW NEW PICS LAST PAGE**

[PixieDust32]

Never Order soda ash from Dharma, the shipping is brutal. They had a shipping code for half of shipping but I think it expired.

You can find soda ash in home depot, wal mart, lowes etc. Is called PH up/ Sodium Carbonated.

See how much will cost you for the urea, the smaller bag. Sorry. I know the shipping is brutal specially if you live on the east coast. I don't know why they don't ship priority flat rate boxes, it would be so much cheaper but I guess they want to make money on shipping too.

 

[PixieDust32]

I also made some football tie dye... This is one is green bay packers colors...

 

[Raidra]

I finished a batch of t-shirts last night, and I was surprised to discover this problem when I took them out of the wash: not all of the pencil I used to mark the Mickey head came out. I've done these t-shirts before and it's always come out.

What do you think would be the best way to get it out? I tried a regular pencil eraser but that didn't do anything. I don't want to mess up the dyes.

Thanks!

 

[PixieDust32]

I don't know, never had that problem. Might be the type of pencil led.....

 

[momminnie]

Finished dying shirts and it is time to rinse them. What is the best way to go about rinsing the dye out? Do I need to cut the bands off and then rinse or do I start rinsing first? O Please help!

 

[lovespekes]

Here's my first try at the Mickey T's. I"m fairly happy with the one on the left although I need to go back with the black and try to round off the right ear a little. The one on the right is just plain yuck! Not sure what kind of work shirt it will become

I "thought" I did both of these shirts the same way but apparently not. Any suggestions on how to get a wider white boarder? I used 6 medium size thickness rubberbands and had them so tight I couldn't make another round. They also were about an inch thick from the Mickey gathering to the shirt.

Also, I had read where you need to hold the shirt Mickey side down when applying the black so it doesn't soak up into the shirt too much. I did this, let it sit over a large plastic cup for a bit so that it could drip before turning it over to dye the rest of the shirt.

Help.....please

 

[lovespekes]

Not sure why my picture isn't showing up so you can view it at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72488566@N00/6711842181/

 

[momminnie]

I love the color of your shirts. I think they turned out good. Personally I like the shirts with out the white around the Mickey head.

 

[brettcw23]

Not sure why my picture isn't showing up so you can view it at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72488566@N00/6711842181/

Fantastic colors and tremendous job of complete coverage. It's so easy to end up with too much white. If you want to outline your 2nd shirt, just use a Clorox bleach pen. It works really well.

 

[lovespekes]

For those that have successfully produced a tie dyed Mickey head, how small was your baste stitch? The first two I made had stitches that were about 1/8"but I think that may have been too small since there were so many gathers that the shirt was really thick from the gathering.....hope that makes sense!

Thanks for any advice

 

[lovespekes]

Here's my finished shirts. I plan to buy a white fabric pen and trace the Mickey head inside the black to help make them more defined.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/72488566@N00/6743806173/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72488566@N00/6743810551/

 

[lovespekes]

Thanks Momminnie and Brett. I appreciate the comments

 

[PixieDust32]

You can use bleach pen, works better. Your shirts look great by the way!! ♥

 

[lovespekes]

Pixie dust, thanks. By bleach pen, do you mean the Clorox Gel pens? Or is there a craft bleach pen?

 

[PixieDust32]

Yes, the clorox

 

[lovespekes]

Tried the Clorox pen and it looked like a kid had scribbled on the shirt with a white crayon.....not good.

So I came up with my own solution. I have a Wishblade, similar to a Cricuit, so I cut out a thin outline of my Mickey template on a Dark T-Shirt Transfer sheet, and ironed it on. Love the clean, uniform line it made!

 

[heartsy77]

I've got to try these shirts!

 

[fedexbrowneyes]

Where can I find 100% cotton hoodies? I normally buy my shirts from Hanes, but their hoodies are all cotton/poly blend. Can anyone point me in the right direction?? Thanks!

T.

 

[stacielee]

Where can I find 100% cotton hoodies? I normally buy my shirts from Hanes, but their hoodies are all cotton/poly blend. Can anyone point me in the right direction?? Thanks!

T.

I got mine at Walmart, the brand was Faded Glory.

 

[fedexbrowneyes]

I got mine at Walmart, the brand was Faded Glory.

Thanks Stacie. I'll go check there tomorrow!

T.