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I make tie-dye shirts. I pray for people while I’m making them, I find out what their favorite scripture is, and then I iron that on the sleeve and the front right bottom corner of the shirt. I gave them as gifts. I called them Prayer shirt. It’s just a little ministry. I don’t get money for it, I just do it because. One of the reasons I started doing it is to get outside of myself. I find that thinking of others, and doing for others helps me not to be depressed. So far I think I’ve given six shirts away. I have six more to make on the burner. I’ll be doing those in the next couple weeks. The worst part is getting the transfer on. The shirts are easy to make for me, but trying to print out the scripture, and put it on. The shirt seems to be a blocking point for me. It’s the computer thing. It’s so cumbersome.
That’s beautiful and hard work. You will be blessed! I have tie dyed a few times. It was mostly to do things with my daughter. Check out sewing dental floss in the shirt to make designs. I did it to a couple of mine. Maybe a vinyl print machine would be helpful. I don’t remember the name they are very popular. I buy a lot of vinyl print shirts on etsy. My daughter and myself have “shirts with words” that make up at least half of we wear. It’s s huge business. Maybe a YouTube search for the vinyl printer reviews would help. They come in different prices. I would have had one years ago but don’t have the room.
What happens with the dental floss on the shirts.
I did an image I think a heart on one and Mickey Mouse on the other. That was almost fifteen years ago before I knew about Disney. Here’s an image. You draw the image on the shirt. I printed an outline and traced it. Then you sew dental floss over it. The wax prevents dye from getting on shirt. There’s probably videos on YouTube. That’s a Pinterest link.
https://pin.it/1mC0ZaC
Thank you for letting me know. I’ve heard some thing that people use Sinew - and I think it has the same effect, but having the dental floss would be easier and cheaper. I’m sure. Thanks for the info. I’m excited to try it.
Super cool. Thanks for sharing. 🙏