Make a Custom Shirt with Bleach!

Learn how to create amazing custom T-shirt designs with bleach spray and DIY stencils. Get the shirt stencils (Design #184 and #183) at https://jennifermaker.com/bleach-sten...

In this tutorial, I show you how to make these fun bleach stencil shirts at home.

I appreciate every subscriber. It's free and easy to subscribe -- just click here: http://bit.ly/sub2jennifer

MATERIALS LIST (contains my affiliate links):

View all the supplies used for this project here: https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.ac...

* T-Shirts - I used a shirt from Amazon for the moon flower shirt and a Gildan cotton shirt in royal blue for the Millennium Falcon shirt, but you can use any mostly cotton shirt you like
* Liquid Bleach (do NOT use Clorox Bleach Crystals)
(Optional) Bleach Pens
* Stencil material (either Freezer Paper, or Permanent Adhesive Vinyl + Transfer Tape)
* Spray bottles capable of a fine mist, not just squirting or streaming
* Dropcloth
* Cardboard or shirt form
* Paper towels
* Hydrogen peroxide
* Safety equipment (gloves, apron, goggles, mask)
* Standard Grip Cutting mat (the 12" x 12" size)
* A way to cut the project (I used the amazing Cricut -- see http://shrsl.com/1dq4w )
* My free SVG cut file Design #184 and #183 (available in my free resource library at https://jennifermaker.com/library )

Jennifer Marx is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com

A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit Cricut headquarters and get a tour. While I was there, I did a new-to-me project — I made a spray bleach stencil shirt! I didn't even know bleaching T-shirts was a thing! But, it turns out it totally is and you can make beautiful stencils out of freezer paper or vinyl using your Cricut. and then you can use those stencils to make a DIY bleach stencil shirt! I never would have thought to put bleach on dark colored clothing on Purpose, but now that I see what it can do, it's so COOL. Custom shirts have never been so much fun.

To make a bleach stencil shirt, you first need a stencil. You can make a stencil with both freezer paper and vinyl. I tried both and I really think you can use either. The freezer paper is a little easier to get onto your shirt, but the vinyl produced a little clearer image. But it's not a huge deal either way — so pick the stencil material you have on hand! 

The T-shirt design itself is created by putting the stencil on the shirt and then spraying it with bleach. The droplets of bleach create a beautiful and unique effect on the shirt, and the effect differs depending on the color of shirt you start with and how long you leave the bleach on your shirt. It's FUN and really pretty easy!

For this project you'll want a T-shirt. I recommend one with a high cotton count for the best bleached effects. You need a spray bottle capable of producing a fine mist. in the spray bottle you'll put a one to one ratio of bleach to water -- use liquid bleach, and skip the bleach crystals for this project, as the crystals can clog up your spray bottle. You can use a bleach pen if you want to draw freehand on your shirt. As for a stencil material, you also need either freezer paper (NOT wax paper and NOT parchment paper) or permanent vinyl and some transfer tape, plus a way to cut your stencil material like a Cricut. 

Other supplies that are useful to have on hand are a plastic drop cloth and protective gear like gloves, an apron, goggles, and a mask, some paper towels, a tub or bucket, and some hydrogen peroxide.

Now, let's talk about the design. Your stencil can be a negative or a positive. A negative stencil allows you to bleach the design right onto your shirt, like with this moon flower stencil here.

A positive stencil masks out the color of the shirt, like the Millennium Falcon stencil here.

Both create really cool effects. I'm a little partial to the positive stencil because of the way the bleach spray makes it look like a starfield, but you get to choose what works for you! These two designs here are perfect for learning how to make a bleach stencil shirt, so let me show you where to find them then we'll make a shirt together!

#cricut #cricutmade #designspace

============

Follow me at:
Blog: https://jennifermaker.com
Facebook Page:   / jennifermakercrafts  
Facebook Group:   / cricutcraftersandmakers  
Instagram:   / jennifer.maker  
Pinterest:   / jenuinemom  

Please subscribe to my channel at    / jennifermaker   for more video tutorials to craft a life you love!

Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my child!)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer Marx on a Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K camera
Design: A Jennifer Maker original!