[Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks

[Kestrell]

For the tie-dye, I did a t-shirt, but used the new Sharpie fabric markers, 
which claim to have brush tips. Because of this, I thought they had a wider 
tip width and would make a thicker line, so didn't do dots, but just 
freehand lines in a multi-colored spiral. Unfortunately, there really 
doesn't seem to be any difference in tip width between the fabric markers 
and the regular markers, so it still looked like lines, even after I dripped 
on the rubbing alcohol.

Still, it was a fun experiment, and I am going to try it again, but plan my 
design more carefully. I also still like the idea of rubber banding the 
t-shirt over a wastebasket with paper towels or newspaper placed in the 
bottom so that I can try creating a larger design.

Lastly, a note for those who may be completely blind like myself: when the 
directions say to saturate the fabric with the rubbing alcohol in order to 
get the colors to blur and blend, it really does mean saturate until it is 
quite wet. Not dripping wet, but still wet enough that you could wring out 
the liquid. I started by using a larger version of an eye dropper--this is 
the kind you can get from craft stores and online craft vendors-- but that 
was really very slow, so finally I just dripped rubbing alcohol on the 
fabric straight from the bottle. I poured very slowly and carefully, maybe a 
half teaspoon at a time, and this went much better.

Kestrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks


> Did you decide to do t-shirts or socks?  Sweatshirts would be nice.  I got 
> a couple white sweatshirts at the dollar tree yesterday for a client to 
> make.
>
> Cindy Z.
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> How did your tie dye projects come out?  I plan on doing this one with  my
> Princesses when I have to sit on them between Christmas and New Years.
> Keeping them busy wears me out, but keeps them out of mischief.
>
> Joyce  Kane
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