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| Meat Tablecloth for the win? |
Today's DIY project is obviously inspired by Lady Gaga and the iconic "Meat Dress". I am going to the Born This Way Ball Tour in February (DYING WITH EXCITEMENT!) so I have been randomly working on my outfit in preparation for the big day. Today I am going to share with you the technique I used to make my "Meat Fabric" which I made into a t-shirt. I'm also going to include some ideas for other methods that I think will work. You can also use this technique on ready-made shirts etc. or use the fabric to make your own fabric meat dress!
Materials-
-Red garment or fabric (I used a red jersey material)
-Bleach
-Old or very cheap paint brushes
-Spray bottle
-A bucket of clean water for rinsing
-Long cleaning gloves
-A tarp, old sheets, or old towels (something you won't mind also getting slightly bleached
I forgot to take a picture of my materials set up before I started….. as well as photograph during. Smart! I know, so sadly we're going to have to just go with an explanation… it's really simple and easy, trust me!
Before I even started using the bleach I put on my long yellow cleaning gloves, you don't really want to cover yourself in bleach! I began by laying out my surface for bleaching outside, it's always a good idea to do any bleaching projects outside as well as on top of a surface. I used a bunch of old and messed up beach towels so the bleach didn't get on the ground and harm any animals or anything. Then I laid down my pre-washed fabric on the "tarp".
I had already poured some bleach into a spray bottle, as well as into a disposable container for use with brushes. Then randomly spraying, bunching up the fabric a little bit and spray again. Taking the old brushes and smearing the bleach on in tissue and fat-like ways to mimic meat. Then splattering some bleach in the most random places to hopefully achieve a meat-ish appearance. After awhile you have to take a leap of faith and walk away for a few minutes at a time to really let the bleach sit and kind of develop. It was colder the day I did mine so it took a bit longer, bleach seams to react faster in warmth.
Once your "meat" reaches a state you are happy with grab your fabric and rinse it out in your bucket of clean water. Clean up your supplies and take it to the washing machine. Once dry you get to really see your outcome and final product (or in my case final product of the fabric… not what it has been made into).
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| I did remember to take one picture of the bleach process! |
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| Meat Tablecloth anybody? |
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| Tag I made for my "MEAT SHIRT"
You could also do the same thing I did with ready made garments, you could go to thrift stores and find red pieces you think would like to try and give it a whirl…. or you can possible try a tie dye method using white fabric or ready-made garment(s) and kind of do the same with spraying and whatnot. Another method I think would probably work is fabric paint, maybe thinning it out a little bit with water and painting the white-ish color tissues and fats onto red fabric?
After seeing how the fabric came out you probably want to know how my actual "Meat Shirt" came out…… but I am going to save that for an OOTD for my date of the Born This Way Ball!
Now back to my Rhinestoned Dreams,
Zane Walker
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