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White Glue Tie Dye TShirts Tutorial (White glue batik shirt)

Jun 27, 2008
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WOOOOOOOOO summer is here! I love making these t shirts and have done them for the past three summers now. I usually make them for all of my little Auntlings (those critters, who by their very existence, make me an Aunt). That would be five boys and two girls, counting my own. So I just finished seven of these little suckers.

HERE WE GO!

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Is there a way to turn pics in Vox? If so, I'm unaware of it and I'm kinda tired and don't really wanna open it in anything else right now. Okay, so for supplies you must have WASHABLE White Glue, COLD water Dye (suck as Dylon brand or the other which is pictured here in a pump bottle), some brushes and stamps if you like (I always use the little spongie on wood stick ones because they are cheap and i just toss them when done) and a White Cotton T Shirt. It is easier if you get a t shirt form like the one pictures, but any cardboard box will do. I prefer Dylon dye, which can be found at Wal Mart, Hobby Lobby, and Michael's for sure. I just pictured the other one because I had it on hand. You also need a LARGE spray bottle, like one that you buy empty to put cleaning solutions in.

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Prepare your t shirts by washing and drying them first. Don't use fabric softener during any of these processes. Put your t shirt on the form or place some cardboard between the layers. Now you can use brushes, stamps, or even just the bottle to apply your glue design. Make sure you dry it well before flipping it over and doing the back design.

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When all of my shirts are dry, I get some cheapie hangers and go hang them up outside somewhere. PUT ON SOME CLOTHES YOU CAN MESS UP and .......don't go barefooted. Trust me. The bottoms of my feet are STILL blue.

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You'll mix your dye according to package directions in the spray bottle. Be sure you have some table salt on hand to add to the mix, this helps the dye adhere better. Spray each shirt with even coats. This is going to take a while. After doing seven, I had little blisters on both hands from doing it :). Its still fun though!

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Now, no one said you "Had" to saturate it, but that is how I did these. You can use a combination of colors, one color, whatever you choose. I went back later and sprayed some navy just around the shoulders of these and it had a neat fading effect. When you are done, the entire shirt will appear to be dyed. Let it dry overnight, or until COMPLETELY dry. Then run it in the washing machine with no detergent on cold. After that, run it in the washing machine on a regular load (with detergent) on HOT to set the dye. Dry as you normally would.
Everywhere the glue was will now be white! I write names on the back of the shirts I do by just writing directly with the glue bottle. The one on the left is the very first shirt I ever did, I think it was four years ago. The one on the right is a shirt from this year.

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This is one I played with last year to mess around with color. My main advice, BE GENEROUS WITH THE GLUE so your design will be lighter!

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You can see I did a few stamps on this one and they turned out okay, but I prefer brushing things on for bolder looks.
I did a great one for my daughter in pink fading to purple.....she wore it a few days ago and it is MIA at the moment though. :)

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Here are a niece, nephew, and my two wearing their shirts, four out of seven :). They are cute for family trips.

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And here are the remaining ones as well as a front pic. Note, this years fronts didnt turn out as well as I'd like. I was low on glue and should have just gone to get more. Still, there are stars I stamped on there and i did little brush strokes to make trails. The backs look good though! Hey, its art :) Oh, we had just got done watching "Kung Fu Panda" so those are their Kung Fu moves they are showing off there. Yeah, we're so feared.