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06-01-2006, 09:34 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
Since we are already going to be tie dying in Choir Camp, I thought I'd try do do a mickey on a shirt for me. So for you guys that have done it before, do I just pull 3 pinches and rubber band them, or do I need to finger pleat 3 circles? And should they be touching when they are banded?
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06-01-2006, 10:00 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
Sorry, I can't help you Mary Ann! Dawn should come along soon and answer it for you!
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06-01-2006, 10:45 AM
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
You will actually need to stitch the silhouette first...draw it on with pencil, then do a running stitch (up and down) all the way around with dental floss. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Pull the floss tight to gather the fabric, then rubber band that so you have a little "pouch". HTH!
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06-01-2006, 01:46 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
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So for you guys that have done it before, do I just pull 3 pinches and rubber band them, or do I need to finger pleat 3 circles?
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I used a heavy hand-sewing thread (quilting thread) and basted around a very lightly penciled on Mickey head. I stitched through both the front and back simultaneously although I've heard of people doing each separately. It was a little bulky, but not unmanageable. Carefully (so you don't snap the thread) draw the thread up tight, then rubber band the "bubble" really tight like you have never rubber banded before [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Don't be afraid to use lots and lots of rubber bands!
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And should they be touching when they are banded?
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Instead of drawing 3 seperate circles directly on the fabric I made a one-piece template first to make sure the size was proportional to what I wanted. That way you only get one "bubble" instead of three and you don't have to worry about this.
Click here for the webpage instructions I used. (TheMouseforless) |
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06-02-2006, 09:46 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
A couple of tips that might help:
Turn the shirt inside out if you're going to use a template and use a light pencil to trace it on the shirt. (Even if the pencil marks don't completely go away - it's on the inside of the shirt this way.)
When you fold the shirt and apply the dye, do it so the dye is being forced through the back of the shirt. If the shirt is folded in half, be sure to fold the front sides together so the back of the shirt is on the outside of the bundle. If you're just stitching it without folding it in half symetrically, force the dye through the back side of the shirt. It will look more even on the front if it bleeds through the back first.
I have some really horrid first attempts at tie-dying that were dyed through the front of the shirts. The backs of those shirts are gorgeous. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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06-02-2006, 01:49 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
Wow guys, that sounds complicated. I know I won't be trying it, but good luck to those of you that do!
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06-02-2006, 08:00 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
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Wow guys, that sounds complicated. I know I won't be trying it, but good luck to those of you that do!
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It seriously isn't that difficult. The instructions I used from that website were pretty straight-forward. I read through them a couple of times to make sure I wasn't going to get any surprises and there were instructions that came with the dye kit that I bought too. Basically, I just read them a couple of times, worked really slowly and made sure I followed every step. It was simple enough for my young teens to do - I think Paige was 13 when we made our shirts. The thing that I found the hardest was the waiting! You had to wait overnight before you could rinse and unwrap the shirts and I wanted to see results immediately!!!
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06-03-2006, 09:47 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
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Location: Chicago
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
I tried to make these before one of our trips. I actually set up the stuff in my research lab so I wouldn't get dye on stuff at home. Anyway, I ended up throwing the whole lot out!!! It was such a mess.
Maggie
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06-03-2006, 09:59 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
One more question guys, I looked over the instructions on MouseForLess and the only question I have is that after you pull your strings tight and have your pouch, do you not include that in the rest of the pleating. I'm picturing the pouch sticking out on one side and the long snake behind it (sort of a perverted image acutally [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]). Or does the pouch get folded as well?
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06-03-2006, 10:02 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
I don't do any additional folding to the "mouse" part after I've tied/rubber banded.
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06-03-2006, 11:33 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
Mickey's head will be at one end of the 'snake' with lots of rubber bands around him, right? Once you have him, just leave him alone. He will be dyed using one colour. Then the rest of the shirt will form the snake behind. I just rubber-banded the rest of the snake, including the sleeves, in intervals of 1½-2½" (eyeballed, not measured so they wouldn't look manufactured) Rubber band well. When you have finished, the shirt will be a semi-rigid tube with Mickey's head kind of poofing at the one end. The rubber banded areas will stay white, and the areas of shirt that you can see will be the part you dye. Gosh, that's hard to explain without pictures! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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06-03-2006, 01:46 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Trying out Mickey Tie Dye
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I tried to make these before one of our trips. I actually set up the stuff in my research lab so I wouldn't get dye on stuff at home. Anyway, I ended up throwing the whole lot out!!! It was such a mess.
Maggie
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[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] I'm picturing a colleague coming in as you are in the research lab taking the rubber bands off to reveal your tie dye Mickey! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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