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Someone on this board use to make tye-dyed mickey head tshirts. I can't for the life of me remember who and if they still do it and sell them. Can anyone remember who did this and give me their contact info. I would love some shirts for me and dd.
Gray (as in Graygables) used to sell them, but I think she gave that up when she started making magic on Mickey's payroll. I don't know if other PP'rs sold them or not.
You totally could do it! Really it's about buying good dyes for bright, vibrant colors. I got mine at Dharma. I made matching ones for my whole family and I can't tell you how many comments we got on our shirts!
I have never tye-dyed in my life. I wonder if we could do this??????? I'll have to give it a try (maybe)
Tie dye is easy. The neighbors and I do it with our kids every summer -- we started when they were about 4.
My two cents of advice: I've had better luck with the two-step process, where you soak the garment in a soda ash solution first, rather than the one-step dyes. I think the colors are brighter, "take" better and last longer.
You totally could do it! Really it's about buying good dyes for bright, vibrant colors. I got mine at Dharma. I made matching ones for my whole family and I can't tell you how many comments we got on our shirts!
Your shirts look great, got any instructions on how you got your mickey heads to look so great
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And if I get daring enough to try them for our summer trip maybe I'll make black and orange tye-dye shirts for our evening at MNSSHP in October.
We did this for an October trip a few years back and got so many comments on the cool shirts. Last year when we went at Christmas time we made red and green shirts that turned out really great too! We use the 2 step die process that someone else mentioned and the shirts stay really nice and bright even after many washings. Our Mickey heads weren't as well defined as we had hoped so we outlined them with little stick on gems to give them a special touch. Good luck with your shirts! I'm sure they'll be awesome and you'll have fun making them!
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Your shirts look great, got any instructions on how you got your mickey heads to look so great
Thanks! I stitched the heads with dental floss and pulled really tight. Then I put many, many rubber bands on the outside of the thread line so it was at least an inch wide with no room for seepage. I dyed the Mickey head first and then wrapped it with a plastic baggie so the color didn't spread (much!). I also stitched through the front and back of the shirt so the head was on both sides.
The bigger the Mickey head the better it looks. The kids didn't look quite as good as mine.
Then I put many, many rubber bands on the outside of the thread line so it was at least an inch wide with no room for seepage.
This is the only thing I did not do. I used only a few rubber bands and did not get any white around my image. The dye seeped through. Otherwise, I was very happy with my results!! It's a Dallas Cowboy star not a mickey head
(And your shirts look awesome!)
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It's pretty easy. If I can do it, anyone can. The secret is using the sqirt bottles to direct your dye. Silly me thought all this time folks were somehow dipping into the color. Not so. Just follow the directions and you'll do great. Hobby Lobby and Michaels also has kits that include everything you need except the dental floss.
Thanks! I stitched the heads with dental floss and pulled really tight. Then I put many, many rubber bands on the outside of the thread line so it was at least an inch wide with no room for seepage. I dyed the Mickey head first and then wrapped it with a plastic baggie so the color didn't spread (much!). I also stitched through the front and back of the shirt so the head was on both sides.
The bigger the Mickey head the better it looks. The kids didn't look quite as good as mine.
Thanks for the tip. We decided to give it a try and not only do them for me and dd but the other family that is going with us so we will be doing 11 all together. They are all adult size as the youngest traveler will be a sophmore in high school so I won't have any little shirts. Wish me luck and I'll try to post pictures when I'm done. We are going to do blue red and yellow as the colors so when they hit one another we add green & purple to the shirts. 2 of the members of the other family aren't going to be happy with the shirts but they are good sports so it should make for some interesting pictures.
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I first saw shirts like this on Etsy website and loved them.... keep thinking of trying it myself... maybe it would make a good project when the kids are home this summer!
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