How Do You Make A Grateful Dead Shirt?

The most important part of a Grateful Dead shirt is the tie-dyed decoration. There are often logos on these shirts as well; however, tie-dyeing gives clothing the look and feel of the clothing typically worn by fans of the Grateful Dead and other jam bands. Create a Grateful Dead logo or graphic on your shirt, by either drawing or tracing the design onto the clothing with a fabric marker of your choice.

Since you will be tie-dyeing the shirt later, I would suggest using a black marker so that the colors don't become muddied when tie-dyed. Next, you will need to prepare your shirt to be tie-dyed. You can experiment with different methods, but one method that works well for creating a spiral is to lay the shirt flat on the table, pinch some fabric between your thumb and forefinger, and while the shirt stays on the table, twist it so that it twirls around the center.

Once the shirt has been tightly twirled, wrap rubber bands around it several times so that it stays tightly twirled. Mix ... more.

This these instructions, Deadheads will be walking around with homemade shirts in no time. Maybe you'll even be able to sell your own at no cost to your consumers. Maybe just a bit of jamming in exchanging.

After buying the appropriate paper and gather all of the things you will need. Access the internet and find a suitable picture for your t-shirt. Right-click on the image and select "save as".

After saving the picture, insert the iron-on paper into the printer as instructed on the box the paper came in. Open the picture from its saved location and select print. The picture will now be transfered from your computer screen onto the iron-on printer paper.

You may want to trim the edges of the paper to properly display your image. After cropping the image and preparing the iron for use, lay the shirt flat on the ironing board and smooth out the surface you are transferring the image to. ... more.

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