Inspired by one black shirt ruined by a few drops of bleach, and the beautiful designs of Indonesian Batik fabric.
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Indonesian Batick fabric prints
You can easily get Doilies from the thrift store or dollar store.
You Will Need
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- Spray Bottle
- 1.0 Bleach for every cup of water
- T Shirt desired bleachable fabric, preferably cotton
- Used Newspaper or whatever you might like to use to protect your surface from bleach
- Stiff Cardboard to go inside the shirt to prevent from soaking through
- Doilies of your choice or any other lace pattern
- Rubber Gloves to protect your hands from bleach
- Old Clothes to wear that you don't mind getting bleach on
- Tin Foil or Wax Paper
- Large heavy Book
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- PROJECT BUDGET
- Cheap
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Since you will be working with bleach, I recommend wearing old clothing suitable for the job.
Start off by cutting through one edge of a thin (but sturdy) cardboard box, then unfold it and lay it flat. The cardboard will be used to slip inside the shirt to prevent the bleach from soaking through to the other side. -
Lay out your newspapers, leaving pleanty all around your work area to prevent bleach from the spraybottle getting on the table.
Slip the cardboard into the shirt, making sure that it snugly fits and position the shirt over the newspapers. -
Position the doily where you would like your pattern, making sure that both the doily and the T-shirt are smoothed out flat.
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Make sure that the spray bottle nozzel is set to MIST.
Then spray the bleach water evenly onto the doily. Depending on the quality of the spray bottle, it may drip while you spray. -
Wait a few minutes for the bleach to take effect, and carefully check under the doily to see if the bleach is having the desired intensity. You can adjust the intensity by placing the doily back and spray it again.
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I then used a different type of doily for the neckline of the shirt.
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The shirt is still a little wet, but the outline of the doily can be seen...it looks a bit like something out of the Mothman Prophecies movie to me! o_O;
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I decided to modify my T-shirt into a tank top, I did this by trimming off the neck hem and the sleeves.
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Ta da! The finished product! Be sure that it is completely dry before you handle the fabric.
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For a different technique of bleach doilies, you will need the tin foil (or wax paper) and the heavy book.
Pour your bleach water into a large bowl. -
Soak the doilie, then wring it out getting as much water out of it. If it is too wet the pattern will bleed on the shirt.
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Carefully place the wet doily on the shirt, taking care that the doily is smoothed out.
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Place the tin foil (or wax paper) over the shirt.
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Then set a big heavy book onto the area where the doily is placed. Wait 10-20 minutes.
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Take off the book, tinfoil, and carefully peel the doily and marvel at your creation! Be sure that the fabric is completely dry before you handle the fabric. Good luck! :)
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Posted By:Ryals_Shoal »
May 15, 2009 00:27
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Ezme
15 May 06:33
wow! this is Aweosme! :)
Arty KitKat
15 May 06:42
thanks for sharing this. It looks amazing!
Lovette'sz-xoxo
15 May 23:10
woooww :)
definatly on my to-do list :)
Britta J.
16 May 10:50
so cool :D thankyou!
Glenda A.
17 May 14:06
Oh, Boy! Just love the look of this. Thanks. Got to try it.
Boo_its_Brittany
18 May 01:59
I so wanna try this!
Its so awesome
<3!
Namsab
18 May 18:50
This is awesome. I've been trying to find out how to work with bleach on shirts since forever, and this is the best idea I've seen so far!
Mia
19 May 11:09
What a great idea! Thumbs up!
m
20 May 23:31
BRILLIANCE!!
Hannah B.
21 May 05:58
This is AMAZING! :D I definitely wanna do this.
Lena Cullen (or Hale)
21 May 21:26
OMG THIS IS SOOOOOOO COOL
Andy
24 May 17:16
O.o genius
Aliehs
24 May 17:26
i work with tie dye and batik and this its awesome, great job!!!!!!!!
Interstellar Supernatural
31 May 02:06
so cute if i wasn't allergic totally would do
CraftMeBeautiful
05 Jun 19:08
This is Heavy! I Can't wait to try it.
CraftMeBeautiful
05 Jun 19:08
This is Heavy, Can't wait to try it.
edie d.
15 Jun 10:34
Oh, the doilies are such a cool idea with bleach-dyeing. Thanks for the tip!!
Mickie
19 Jun 08:11
that so cool.