A couple of months ago I went to throw some stuff into wash and I noticed one of my favorite shirts had a little stain on the front. No biggie I thought. I’ll just spray on some Oxi-clean and that will be it . . .
So I go to treat it and what I thought was just a little brown stain turned into several BIGGER stains all over the front of my shirt. Hum?
Upon further inspection, I find not only is the front a mess, but there are also several big stains on the back of the shirt too. WHAT?!?
So I proceed to basically drench my shirt in oxi-clean and put it into wash, praying that’s the last I see of it.
Well, it wasn’t. That stain was there.to.STAY.
Blast!
Not to mention, that I still have no idea where that stain came from. Like, literally, it looks like I dumped my entire dinner of spaghetti on my shirt and then rolled around in it on the floor. But I have no recollection of anything so messy. However, I can be a clumsy girl, so that’s not TOO unusual . . .
So I put the shirt into my “stained/worn shirts that get shredded and used in my painting/staining projects” pile. Oh well . . .
Then my wheels started turning . . .
I remember seeing these little boxes of powder dye in the laundry detergent section of Wal-Mart. Hum? Could it work? The shirt was still in perfectly good condition other than the big, ugly stain. And the dye is only a $1.50 a box? Should I go for it??
I did!
And I’m happy to say it worked!
So the next time you have a shirt that is still good besides a little staining, try dying it! I’m thinking of all my little girl’s shirts, especially white ones, that have gotten a little stained and would be so cute in a lovely shade of yellow or blue!
Just remember you might have funky-colored finger nails for a couple of days :)
He He . . .
8 comments:
Looks great, Karyn! I think I might even like it better in purple (you wore that shirt at the our girl's weekend, right?)!!
LOVE IT. i SO want to copy you.
Love it! What about when you wash it though? I just RUINED a new shirt in the wash that I loved...I should go get it out of the bathroom trash and dye it, I am on it!
That is so awesome! I have about a bazillion shirts of my daughters I could dye. I'm so excited to try it, thanks!
Thanks for the reminder!! I haven't dyed anything in a LONG time; I used to dye black shirts when they started to fade, it gave them a longer life. :)
aren't you the cutest!!!
You are amazingly creative!! It looks great!
Great idea! I also love the shirt!
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