Thanks, Shogun, for the video that shows what a 50-50 solution does to a particular t-shirt. I wouldn't have expected a red, unless I missed something. We have had the totally unexpected joy of having 5 wild flamingos land in our lake shallows area today, and I can't seem to concentrate too well when the heron and egrets just came up and don't exactly know how to drive them away, and certainly didn't succeed. So if I missed a dye process, I'll have to come back tomorrow. My computer station overlooks the lake, and I love watching the egrets until they migrate elsewhere. I never dreamed a flamingo would land here, much less 5 of them all on the same day for the first time. They may have flown over and noticed the egrets and herons here, and guessed the food must be pretty good. We try to keep the dog away from the pond, and I won't even go out there if it upsets the big birds. They're endangered, so they're special to me.
Pardon the yakkety yak, but I'll have to come back and review the video to see if I missed something or if the red is expected in the design when you get there.
I know it will have to dry, but hope you will scan your finished product when you're done to show it off so we can see it. Oh, I forget. Other people know how to use a camera.
I don't and my dear one developed dementia a couple of years ago, and one thing he lost was how to use a camera, go through process, etc. He was my right arm in our quilt business, because he could take pictures of stuff I designed, and we sold books and patterns for 25 years in addition to supplies for fiber artists who love quilts and threads.
The quilt arts are different from other media, because fabrics come preprinted, and you can't mix 10,000 different combinations over a couple of weeks' time like you can with a painter's brush.
I look forward to seeing your design. I think that's really a neat thing to do. Be careful what you mix bleach with. I did severe damage to my lungs once when I decided to try two friends' cleaning techniques at the same time. One used bleach to clean everything, another used ammonia. I decided it was too much trouble to go through two processes, so I mixed them together. I was pretty sick, and got pneumonia twice that winter, one right away, and one in January when it was a really cold one, too. Since then, I've read people have actually died mixing those two products.
Since then, I've never cared much for mixing dyes, etc., and I just don't like chemicals, so I never got into dying fabrics, either. Fortunately, I could pick the color palette in my own store, so really artistic gals loved the shop because they liked full color choices just like any other artist would.
Again, good luck, and thanks for sharing the video. He was thinking along the same lines as my design/techniques professor - practice makes perfect, keep trying.
