Shirt Bleaching and Shirt Apron

 

Last year ( 3-24- 2022) I bought two "flannel' shirts from the thrift store. I was impressed with the bleached flannel shirts that were all the craze.

Mistake Number 1, it isn't flannel. The bleach caused the fabric to become weaker. The other shirt (not shown) turned out better. From my profile you know I recycle and upcycle. I'll see what I can do with it before I throw it away. Sooo, contrary to what I said above I tucked it away. 

January 21, 2023

Then I saw this;

allcreated.com

I've needed another craft apron for some time. This will be perfect. Getting paint on it will only add to it's character. 

BTW- Finding a REAL flannel shirt is pretty difficult. They don't make them the way they used to.

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Bottle Heads

As I've told you before I'm a recycler. I couldn't resist making one of these 

Credits : https://www.intimamex.com/paginas/blog;
https://mentootlet.blogspot.com/2018/04/flakonviragtartok.html; 

Aprenda com Edu ; unknown (seen on Pinterest)

when I saw them on Pinterest.
Plastic bottles/jugs are plentiful.

I found the vinegar bottle not to be very strong. The detergent bottle will be done later although it would make a great face.

I decided on an empty bleach bottle.

I cut off the bottom of the bottle as seen in the above vinegar bottle.

I painted it black then brown. There was some resistance in covering a white bottle with the acrylic paint when I tried to paint it brown on the first coat. In hindsight I should have roughed up the bottle with sandpaper or some other gritty substance before trying to paint it. However I still feel I would need to add more than one coat which I did.

After it dried I painted a face with eyes, orange eyeshadow, painted eyelashes and two commas(😉) as a nose.

I always have a stash of ribbons, pom poms and etc. because I'm a person who enjoys crafting.

This orange, embossed  wire ribbon  and orange pom poms fit the look I was  going for. I plan to hang it outside on my back porch indirectly from weather elements although it will incur some of it. 

I  didn't want to use E-6000 so I hot glued and stapled on the wire ribbon and pom poms. 

I KNOW this may not hold up but when I make the green one I'll know what NOT to do.

Besides, I brought the old throat killer out again,

that I warned about in a previous post. This time I wore a mask and gloves. It was better but the fumes were permeating the mask.  It's going in the trash 🗑️for sure.

Inside with makeshift wire loops and yarn cord. 

side view after being spray varnished showing earrings.

The finished product tied to a fence post. Later I will adjust the cording so that it will hang from a hook on my porch like other normal hanging plants.

I'm pleased with the results but the next bottle head will be more decorative/ gaudy. 


That's it***
Next week: The other White House.