PixieDust32
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Did you use tulip or dharma dye?
I made those shirts. Its Dharma dye.
Did you use tulip or dharma dye?
I made those shirts. Its Dharma dye.
Made shirts this weekend DH has too much white..can I salvage this shirt by adding additional color?? How??? Thanks
Made shirts this weekend DH has too much white..can I salvage this shirt by adding additional color?? How??? Thanks
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Better late than never These were the shirts I made for our Mardi Gras trip earlier this year. It was my first go, and unfortunately I had to use a bleach pen for the Mickey heads b/c I didn't use enough rubber bands! Lesson learned. I'm going to give it another go when we go in October 2015 for MNSSHP.
I have been following this thread for years and have always wanted to make these shirts. But I was too afraid to undertake what appeared to be a huge task. Well, today my DD 17 helped me make them for our upcoming trip. They are now soaking in their dye. I can't wait until tomorrow to see what they look like! Fingers crossed!
I love the colors! Very nice job.
The heads are by far the toughest part! They really take some practice. I've had some batches that I've done where 3 heads were awesome and then one was so-so. Tight baste stitches and SUPER tight rubber bands along with 'just' the right amount of dye for the ears! It's truly an art. Yours look great though,s o wear them proudly and enjoy the compliments from guests and CMs at the Parks.Thanks, I'm really happy with them. The heads didn't strand out after the dying, so I used a white paint pen.
The heads are by far the toughest part! They really take some practice. I've had some batches that I've done where 3 heads were awesome and then one was so-so. Tight baste stitches and SUPER tight rubber bands along with 'just' the right amount of dye for the ears! It's truly an art. Yours look great though,s o wear them proudly and enjoy the compliments from guests and CMs at the Parks.
I use dental floss. I've used waxed, unwaxed...never noticed a difference. I try to make them very close...prob a 1/4" each and try to make them as even as possible in size, then I pull it SUPER tight and just wrap the thread around and around. When I put the rubber bands on, I don't focus on making them very wide, but rather focus on making them as tight as possible. I don;t need a lot of white around it. Just enough to offset the mickey head from the colors. The other thing that I do is to dye the mickey head LAST! I am extra careful (I always use black for the the head) to not over saturate the head b\c then it will bleed into the white outline. It think it's also key that when you do the basting to make sure the mickey head is a good shape. If you baste haphazardly, it will show in the headWhat do you use to do the basting? How small/big are your stitches?
Thanks! I've been going to try this for years.
Quick question for everyone. I was looking for more tips to making better shirts and one thing that I saw mentioned was to make sure that the rubber bands are below the floss and NOT on top of the floss. I'm not sure that I ever paid any attention to this previously. Just curious if anyone can weigh in on that suggestion.