Tank Top Refashion

The kids and I have had so much fun altering things with bleach this summer...Here's one more project that was so simple and easy to do...

I purchased this tank form Walmart for about $4.00...Didn't even bother to try it on (why am I always in such a big hurry)??? 

Anyway I got it home and realized it was 40% polyester...not really sure if that makes a difference and the fact that it was so cheap..I decided to give it a try anyway.

Below is the before pic...pretty basic!!

I mixed some bleach with water (we've been using a 2 to 1 mixture...2 cups water to 1 cup bleach).

I then set the bottom half of my tank in the salutation...The bleach traveled up the fabric giving it that awesome design on the top.  After about 10 minutes I took it out...rinsed it and then realized that some bleach had splashed up on one side...Hmmm...What to do-What to do...

Oh I thought to myself...I'll have Autumn use straight bleach and paint fire works on it...no one will ever know it was a whoopsie.  :)

I was planning to were it on the 4th anyway.  :)

After washing it I added the 3 stars, with a stencil and some white acrylic paint....

That was it...perfect for July 4th....but not 4rthy that I couldn't enjoy it for the rest of the summer too.

Stay tuned for the girls denim shorts...They are so cute!!

Here is my Painting Shoes with Bleach tutorial if you missed it.

Thanks for visiting!!

Denise

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Painting Shoes with Bleach DIY

I saw this projects on one of my very favorite blogs; Alisa Burke and I knew I had to do it with my daughter and our friends!!!  Alisa's tutorial is Here. 

The first thing I did was pin Alisa's tutorial on my DIY Board so our friends would have some kind of an idea of what we were doing...

I had everyone pick up their own shoes...instructing them to choose a dark color.

Rite Aid had some fake Tom type shoes, cheap, so that's what Auto and I choose.  Gillian got a pair at Walmart for $5.00....Whoot-Whoot and Right On!!!

Anyway this is what the "Tom" style looked like....

I poured a small amount of  bleach into custard cups, so pretty much everyone had their own.

I also had a variety of small synthetic brushes...synthetic so the bleach doesn't damage them...

Everyone also had a paper towel to blot their brushes on...otherwise you get a dot on your fabric where the brush first touches.

Next step was to go ahead and "paint"...The more bleach you use the more color it takes away...but be careful not to use to much, or your design will grow.

Paint one area at a time and then decided what to do next.

The most appealing is to use a large pattern in one area and then a smaller one in another...Gillian's black ones are a good example on this.

Love Savanna's design!!

Awesome!!!

Even simple looks great!!

 Olivia put her design on the toe of one shoe, and the back part on the other...The red ones above reversed the design between the toe and the top of the shoes...

There wasn't a bad pair in the bunch!!!

Again I have to thank Lisa Burke for giving us this great idea.....

 So go ahead and grab a bunch of girl friends and give this a try!!  It is a perfect summer afternoon project!!!
AND...
Stay tuned for more bleach projects...This was only the beginning!  :)
Denise

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