Help With Ideas for T-Shirts

[foxxyroxie]

I have several my t-shirts that unfortunately didn't get introduced to the prewash and therefore have some stains on the front of them. Most of them have only been worn a couple of times. The stains are usually the size of a dime or smaller and usually in the top-center-front or down the front center.

Can anyone give me EASY ideas to cover them up. Would dying them work? Would iron-on graphics work? Does anyone know of a flower, leaf, vine type design I could do?

Help!

[nuisance26]

~How about using fabric paint and something like a pencil eraser to stamp a pattern where the stains are?
An erratic column of dots down the front center would be interesting.
A flower made up of dots would be cool too.
I like getting craft designs by googling 'coloring page' plus any term of item that I'm looking for. You can print them and use them as stencils.
If the shirts are colors you can also bleach a pattern into them. Do be sure to look up the proper way to do it though so your bleach doesn't eat holes into your fabric!
If you have basic sewing skills and supplies you can make a reverse applique. Sew a rectangle of fabric to the back inside of the shirt front. The interior block piece should have its good side against the back of the shirt. Then trace a design on the front of the shirt within the confines of the block you sewed on. Sew on your marks. Get a sharp pair of scissors and carefully cut out the outer shirt fabric between your sewn areas. For example, if you traced and sewed this pattern:, you cut close to your seam on the rocket interior. T-shirt doesn't fray so you don't need to finish your edges. Google image search "reverse applique t-shirt" for more ideas. Like this one:
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[shoiji]

Try soaking them in Oxi-clean. I have been able to get stains out this way, even if it seems set in.

If you see you have spilled something on your t-shirt wipe it off immediately. Personally I hate staining a shirt. I have started tucking a cloth napkin in my shirt collar when I eat. I know, sounds silly but it really does help.

[frugalfranny]

I have several my t-shirts that unfortunately didn't get introduced to the prewash and therefore have some stains on the front of them. Most of them have only been worn a couple of times. The stains are usually the size of a dime or smaller and usually in the top-center-front or down the front center.

Can anyone give me EASY ideas to cover them up. Would dying them work? Would iron-on graphics work? Does anyone know of a flower, leaf, vine type design I could do?

Help!

I call those 'gardening t-shirts'...........and if a stain or hole is bad enough that you want to be sure you don't leave the property in it........cut the sleeves off...(your own personal code!)...but still a gardening t-shirt. Just
a gardening t-shirt for really hot weather!

[mndtrp]

I have dyed a few of my shirts, but you'll have to be willing to go fairly dark.