So I've had this thrifted jean shirt for a while and I was going to give it away when I moved but somehow it found its way to DC with me. I saw a half bleached shirt in one of my favorite blogs and decided it was a necessary project! Due to NO store in the DC/Virginia area having buckets for sale (absurd), I had to rig up a little trash can and hanger situation but I'd say it worked famously. Also since I already had all of the items, it cost me $0!
Things you need:
Jean shirt (thrifted is the best way to go)
Bleach
Bucket/Trash Can/Bowl/Anything large enough to dunk a shirt in
Hanger
Steps:
1. Mark on your shirt in pencil where you want to bleach it up to.
2. Fill your "bucket" with bleach to the level you want it to dye your shirt.
2. Hang shirt on hanger, and hang hanger on anything (I used string and hung that on a door knob but it turned out the hanger sitting on the trash can was the exact height I needed it so it wasn't really necessary)
3. Let your shirt sit in the bleach for anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes (as long as it doesn't start eating through your fabric this timing doesn't really matter), until you start to see it change colors. Then take the shirt out of bleach but let it sit with bleach on it until it reaches desired color. When I was reading how to do this online it said to get it wet first, and then only bleach for a minute or two and then let it sit out with bleach on it but I wasn't interested in doing so many steps and mine turned out perfect.
4. Rinse and dry in your dryer.
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