For my kid's birthday I make them shirts with their age on it. Normally this is appliqued or embroidered but I thought it was becoming a little to feminine for my son. Enter the bleach pen shirt art.
When I thought about a bleach pen I thought it would be like a sharpie filled with bleach, it isn't. It is more like a tube of toothpaste that you squeeze the thick bleach out of.
I loved the tip to iron on freezer paper to the back side so it doesn't soak through and saved me from this cookie sheet/towel contraption I was going to use. I used a black pen so I let the paste sit overnight and my end results were a nice light orange (not the pink I was afraid of).
I did have a little trouble when an air bubble came out of the tip and created a small halo. Didn't ruin the shirt but I think it would have been nice if that didn't happen. I would recommend that you start with simple designs that allow for some creative mistakes.
My son loves his "new" shirt and I think this would be a great way to redesign clothes that have stains on them.
Another five pins!
My only complaint with this project is how difficult it has been for me to find bleach pens. I was going to do this project for my daughter's bday (last June - saw this in Family Fun). I went to 6 stores and could not find a single bleach pen. I know now I can get them online.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this would work but I thought about using a water pen from an old aqua doodle and filling it with a bleach mixture. Might be cheaper. ?
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