[Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks

Thu Dec 8 20:17:15 UTC 2011

I worked with a client making a Tie Dye sweatshirt today.  It turned out very nice.  He used a template of a tree and a template of a candy cane to do designs on his sweatshirt.  She used a Braille template to write "Holiday" on his shirt.

Cindy

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From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 5:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks

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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From:  <Blindhands at aol.com>
To:  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011  5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] tie dye folks

>  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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:   nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>   [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>   Blindhands at aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 11:30  AM
>>  To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] tie  dye folks
>>
>> 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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