When I say I want to dye a t-shirt what is the first thing that comes to your mind? . . .
Tie-dye in elementary school
Well dyeing fabric goes far beyond wrapping rubber bands around an old t-shirt and dunking it into a bucket full of generic dye. I recently decided to try out a more modern approach on the dyeing technique. Now I have to tell you this idea came from searching for a plain black t-shirt for my son. I searched and searched every store in the area but I could not find a plain black shirt. They all had something on them like a pocket or logo. I just wanted a plain black t-shirt so I could play around with my own embellishments. I looked online but they were all way too expensive for a plain black shirt. Come on people $15+shipping for a dumb t-shirt. Anyways, after looking everywhere and not finding a suitable shirt I decided to try my hand at dyeing. I got a few tips from Heather as I knew she dyed clothing before and I headed to the craft store. I bought i-dye which I have heard is a decent brand and followed the directions. Well here is what happened.
I wanted this:
I ended up with this:
Yeah, I knew black was going to be difficult. I figured it would come out gray at the worst. But BLUE! Seriously how bad is that? And it is not even a cute blue. It is a grayish, dirty blue. The shirt is still sitting in my unused craft shirt pile waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. And I also tried to dye a onesie for my daughter at the same time. Her's came out the same color but after a few washings it is now a steel gray which I like. I had Heather use her freezer paper wonders on it and she took an ugly onesie and turned it into something super cute.
http://simplydyeing.blogspot.com/
Good luck, and let us know if you have a success!
1 comment:
oh no! that is too bad. I would have thought it would have at least gone dark grey....that is really weird.
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