Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Bleach Dye T-Shirt



I came across this great idea for a reverse dying project on Show Tell Share. Instead of adding color, why not take it away with bleach? I happened to have a bleach pen on hand so I was ready to go, or so I thought.

I discovered that my bleach pen was old and all but dried up but I was on a mission.

I decided to mix up some bleach with baking soda to make a loose paste. I sucked that into the bleach pen like a turkey baster and was in business.



First I sketched out my idea and then jumped right in with the bleach pen. I didn't outline on the shirt because I wanted to just go with the flow.

What I discovered was that my old and dried out bleach pen had some gunk still dried in the tip. So if I squeezed really hard I got more than I wanted. To be honest, the design looked better on paper that on the shirt and I think I might make the shirt into pajama pants for Nathan.

BUT... the project was awesome!!! Instant gratification. LOVE THAT!!!


I also decided to write "believe" on the back which I liked very much.



As I said, I will do this project again and thanks to Show Tell Share for the inspiration!!!




7 comments:

  1. Oh I LOOOOVE this!!! great idea with the baking soda too!!

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  2. So creative! I love how you didn't forget to add a little something to the back. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  3. Thanks so much ladies! I'm glad you found me :)

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  4. cute, cute, cute I love how you didn't give up and found away to do it.

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  5. What is the reason for the baking soda? You must have had something in between the front and back or it would have went through...right?

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  6. how neat, thanks for the inspiration.

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