[Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Wed Dec 7 23:08:55 UTC 2011
Kes,
So do you think it would be better if you did dots or dashes instead of a
solid line?
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
In a message dated 12/7/2011 5:38:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
kestrell at panix.com writes:
I bought my Sharpie fabric markers on Amazon, and I think the fabric
markers
are sold with the regular tips, no optional tip widths, unlike the regular
Sharpies, which can be bought in a variety of tip widths.
Kes
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> Does the fabric sharpies come with different felt tips to choose from
when
> you are purchasing them? Cass where did you get your set of the
markers?
>
> I need to get the markers and something for the Princesses and myself to
> give this a try with.
>
> Thanks for the advise on this.
>
> Joyce Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 12/7/2011 4:39:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kestrell at panix.com writes:
>
> 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
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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