Monday, June 11, 2012

The Coolest Undershirt Ever

So my husband recently gave me a huge pile of old, stained undershirts-- sorry there's no before, but you can imagine. I left this one to soak overnight in a bucket of leftover dye and was pleasantly surprised that it covered the old pit stains*. Then I took in the sides, cut out the neck, and used some stripey inspiration from this tutorial but using plain old fabric paint.

*It left the shoulder seam threads white, which was a cool effect I couldn't get a good picture of.

This is definitely going to be a summer staple for me!
Julia

3 comments:

Refashion said...

It makes a lovely sweet summer tee shirt. Thanks for sharing

Debbie
EOD

TracyKM said...

That's great the dye covered the stains, it doesn't always. To get rid of the stains while doing laundry, try mixing a little bit of amonia with colour-safe bleach (not regular bleach!). Make a little paste, brush it on and let it sit a bit. The amonia breaks up the wax of the deoderant/anti-perspirant. Sometimes I just use the amonia since I'm lazy :)

Julia said...

Tracy-- Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely have to try it for the next big laundry day!