Newsflash: I'm not a scientist! I flunked chemistry and never even considered taking physics at school. However, I'm cheap. I mean, I don't like to spend a lot of money if I can avoid it. Considering Bubble Jet Set costs anywhere from $15 to $22 a bottle, I decided to try to make my own. I do not want the disaster that occurred after I washed my Bunny Quilt to happen again!
I searched the internet for a homemade Bubble Jet Set recipe. Here is the most simple version I could find:
2 tablespoons of Alum (the stuff used when canning pickles)
2 1/2 teaspoons washing soda (not baking soda) (I found this in the grocery store)
1/2 teaspoon liquid fabric softner
1 cup of hot water
Mix the first 3 ingredients and then add the hot water. Stir. It will be foamy.
When the foam eases, soak your fabric for 15 minutes. Wring out and dry completely. I poured the leftover mix into a baby food jar to save for future use.
When my fabric was dry (I cheated and put it in the dryer), I ironed freezer paper to it and ran it through my printer. I used the same bunny image I used for my quilt.
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| Image pre-wash |
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| Image post-wash |
Yay! It worked! Before I use a printed image on a quilt or table topper again, however, I think I will do more testing, ahem, experimenting. It faded a bit, but nothing like before! For the most part: SUCCESS!
One more thing: School's out! That means sewing summer clothes for my littlest daughter! Yep, every summer, I try to make a few dresses and skirts for her. Here is Charlotte's first skirt for Summer 2012:
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I used a Hawaiian looking blue batik.
I know, last year I said I would NOT sew ruffles again, but I couldn't resist. I thought this skirt was just too cute!
Tootles!
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15 comments:
Want to make some skirts for ME? It is cute....great tutorial on your bubble jet set. There is always a recipe somewhere that uses ordinary materials and costs gobs less. Good for you. xox
I try to make things if I can too...great info on the bubble jet set. I love the skirt...it is so cute. I hat making ruffles too...but they are just so wonderful when you get done!!Have a great day!!
on cool on the bunny! I love the skirts for you littlest daughter. She looks like she loves them. My mother used to make so many of my clothes when I was small! I loved that because I got to help pick the material out!
Heather
Thanks for sharing the recipe. This is what I really love about the internet. Sharing ideas and DIY so we all can be a little self sufficient.
I love the look of ruffles. So cute.
Thank you for the faux Bubble Jet recipe. I tried one a couple of years ago and the black ink stayed, the reds were gone, and the blues became mostly green. It was discouraging. As for ruffles, I finally learned how to use my ruffler foot, that weird foot that looks like an ancient torture device. I used it to make a cotton skirt costume. Worked great! I needed a net petticoat and decided to try it again. Worked great again. There's a lot of ways to do ruffles, but this is too easy. The only thing I still haven't figured out, if you have a 30" waist, how much fabric do you need and what setting to use on the foot. It was just a cheap, quicky, one time use skirt, so it didn't matter if I had too much and had to cut some off. Has anyone used this foot and know a rule of thumb calculation? Thanks again for your recipe.
Hi, I live in the UK. as far as I know I can only get alum by prescription. Is there anything else I can use?
Excellent article. I am experiencing some of these issues as well.
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