Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
I hate to keep intruding on your "girly" thread, but the material has a lot to do with how the dye takes. The sheets I did turned out WAY better then the shirts I did, and that was even with about 50% diluted dye after my first batch (I added water to refill the bottle up to the top after I used about half of it full-strength for the shirts). Make sure you use 100% cotton, and the higher the thread count the better (rough fabric = not as good dye job as soft/smooth fabric). Or at least this is what I have found.
And all the soda ash does is makes sure the fabric is most chemically ready to receive the dye. Soda ash is one of the main ingredients in laundry detergent -- which reminds me, make sure to wash the shirts first to remove the sizing that comes on it from the manufacturer.
Post by bamadancer on Apr 29, 2008 13:42:18 GMT -5
Where do you guys find your basic white stuff to tie-dye? I've been wanting to do a dress for bonnaroo, and some sheets, but I am a loss trying to find basic white stuff to dye.
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Apr 29, 2008 14:09:55 GMT -5
Man I got twin size sheets at walmart for like 3 bucks and they took the dye really really well...
I also got some pieces of fabric from good will.....for a dress I have no idea we looked around for one and couldn't find any, mind you I didn't look that hard haha, but really the sheets I got at walmart were perfect and they were only 2.67.......you could also just try a fabric store or something, white is usually pretty cheap...Good luck finding a dress!! Wish I could help more with that
Target has some plain white tank dresses in the pajama section. My bonnabuddy got one and tie dyed it and its adorable. I keep meaning to post pics but I never do...
Post by bamadancer on Apr 29, 2008 17:24:22 GMT -5
I'm going to try to find some white stuff to tiedye. You guys have got me seriously interested! Can't wait to get paid so that I can invest in some tiedye
Post by sleepyrobin on Apr 29, 2008 20:22:04 GMT -5
go to www.dharmatrading.com for white dye-able clothes. we used these when i took a textiles class in college. they have really good prices, too. here's my fave dress from the site, it can be a dress or a skirt!
Post by inertiaticc on Apr 29, 2008 22:48:12 GMT -5
so after my first failure with my sanuk scribbles, i sold them to my roommate and i just bought the Domo's.
Flats look kind of weird on my feet but i really think these are cute, so im gunna give them a try. plus i got them for $29, rather than $47, from altrec.com
does anyone else think flats look a bit weird on their feet?
random: i was trying to google pictures of people wearing sanuks, so i typed "wearing my sanuks" and meg's avatar popped up, lol!
I pretty much only wear flats. I'm about 5'9" so anything higher than 2 inches makes me feel like a man.
My VS dress came today. So cute, though maybe a little too short. Gosh darn long legs. One of the bikinis came, too. Now all I need to do is lose that extra winter padding.
^^^ I wear flats too but only because I can't wear heels or my feet hurt. I guess it's from years and years of wearing comfy shoes. My feet can't deal with fancy shoes and at this point I'm not even going to try to reshape them.
BUT
if I win the lottery or something and can afford FANCY shoes I'll do it
Hey ladies! I'm new to the forum...I spent my entire day at work trying to read as many pages as I could to prepare for my first Bonnaroo experience. My husband has it easy, shorts an t- shirt. So far the advice has been great. I'm going to start my shopping this week...1st on list, Crocs and some more dresses! A lot of my wardobe is already concert friendly but I don't need an excuse for new stuff.
Also, I have no clue how to put my actual pic on here so I just used the Marley avatar. Any tips?
Post by plasticpepper on Apr 29, 2008 23:18:35 GMT -5
Hi jenkazoo, welcome to the boards! Glad to hear we've been helpful with planning!
To use a pic of your own for your avatar, you'll need to upload it to some kind of image hosting site - like www.photobucket.com. Then you can copy the URL of the image from there and paste it into the box on the modify profile page.
I have been major MIA because the new job expects me to do WORK! (how dare they) but this weekend i went to Target and got a dress for Roo and just had to come back and see how everyone is doing!
I think the dress was mentioned here before - smocked bodice, smocked straps that seem a bit too close in front (but I cut and resewed father apart and now they cover my bra), gauzy cotton tiered skirt. In the most fab color of raspberry sorbet. I put it on with my beaded necklace from Mexico and my purple crocs and the hubby and I danced around the living room to John Butler Trio ;D
I also started pulling the summer stuff from my attic - still have my cotton sundress from Old Navy that I loved last year, and my camo cargo bermudas from Old Navy will still be great with a fun tank or tube in a cheery girly hue. I think I want to get maybe one more dress and a pair of cheap sunglasses (the cheap aviators I wore last year were fab but got severely scratched from the Roo dust).
We're also possibly planning a tie dye party on the 18th (me, dcbee, fortis and another friend). Got some sheets at Target for like $3 for sun shade and plan on doing some other random white clothing. Tie Dye and Drinks - any chickies in the DC area wanna come join?
It's been a minute since I've posted on here ...really crazy semester, but it's sooooo close to being done (tuesday)! ;D
I'm also a native Long Islander, from the North Fork area
Interesting there's so many of us - do you all remember that they originally were going to have Bonnaroo on the Grumman site?
...didn't work out - but I think for the better! Could you imagine 80,000 'roo people on the LIE? in the summer tourist season? flying into Macarthur?! lol
I know I was a little behind on the LI post...but no hello or anything from you guys?
Oh and I don't think I've mentioned this before, but there's a clothing website www.lulus.com/ that has some good 'roo dresses and accessories. Their prices have gone up a bit since last year, but still nothing ridiculous. Most dresses are around $40. Personally, I like their sunglasses & scarves
It's been a minute since I've posted on here ...really crazy semester, but it's sooooo close to being done (tuesday)! ;D
I'm also a native Long Islander, from the North Fork area
Interesting there's so many of us - do you all remember that they originally were going to have Bonnaroo on the Grumman site?
...didn't work out - but I think for the better! Could you imagine 80,000 'roo people on the LIE? in the summer tourist season? flying into Macarthur?! lol
I know I was a little behind on the LI post...but no hello or anything from you guys?
hola squirrel!
sorry about that! i know i saw your post and meant to comment once again on Long Islanders taking over Inforoo.
I think all of us should try to meet up on the Island at some point
Ok chicks i need yall's opinion... so i got my lovely costume yesterday and after trying it on its super cute and all but one problem is the skirt. it is so short, it covers the booty and thats it, if i even bend over a lil' it shows a lil. it costed me a bit of money, so I am going to wear it to Roo. I figured ill wear some black boy shorts underneath and that way tou cant see so much. besides its just a costume, i would never sport something so short in everyday life. so is it really that big of a deal??
Ok chicks i need yall's opinion... so i got my lovely costume yesterday and after trying it on its super cute and all but one problem is the skirt. it is so short, it covers the booty and thats it, if i even bend over a lil' it shows a lil. it costed me a bit of money, so I am going to wear it to Roo. I figured ill wear some black boy shorts underneath and that way tou cant see so much. besides its just a costume, i would never sport something so short in everyday life. so is it really that big of a deal??
I wouldn't think so. It's so hot at 'roo most people are wearing less that what they normally would. I would think it's a matter of what you're personally comfortable wearing. With a short skirt/dress, my main concern would be sitting, but with little shorts underneath, that shouldn't be a problem.
p.s. americanapparel has some great little hot shorts for stuff like that.
Thanks! I tried using photobucket but for some reason it didn't work. I'll try a different pic. If that doesn't work I'm cool with Bob.
You also might have been using the wrong photobucket link. I can NEVER remember which one is the correct one so I just keep trying until I get it right.
I'm trying to decide whether or not to get this for late nights. I'm not one for full-on costumes, and this is just so fun and bright and NEON. With lots of glowsticks, it could look pretty snazzy.