'Customise Your Clothes' Article plan and 1st Draft

Narrative voice: 2^nd and 3^rd Person narrative

Language style: Colloquial (Chatty, laid-back, easy to relate to)

Introduction

·         Talk about how buying brand new clothes is an ‘expensive luxury’

·         Talk about how easy and how much more cheaper it is to customise clothes

·         “Spring is here and we all know what that means; new season, new wardrobe!”

·         “You walk into your favourite shop, and there in front of you is this gorgeous tie dye top. Of course its love at first sight! Just a shame that when you flip over the label you see that it is way out of your price range. We all have these days. Let’s face it, having to alter your wardrobe every season is not a cheap task. But could it be?  We came up with a couple of different ways that you could get this season’s trends without the high street price tag!”

·         “Get the look for less!”

Tie Dye Instructions (I may need to shorten these instructions so that they fit on my DPS and so that I don’t lose the reader’s attention)

You will need:

·         A plain white T-Shirt

·         2+ different colours of dye (Colours used in example are Fuchsia, Turquoise, and Yellow)

·         500g of dye salt

·         Rubber Gloves

·         Rubber bands

·         String

·         Squeezable bottles (condiment bottles, energy drink bottles, ect.)

·         A bin bag

·         300ml of water

1.       Cut down the middle of your bin bag and lay it flat on your surface. This will act as a waterproof cover for your surface and will stop it from getting covered in dye!

2.       Lie your t-shirt down. Using your thumb, index finger, and middle finger, pinch the centre of your t-shirt and then twist the t-shirt round (still pinching) so that the t-shirt coils round into a spiral

3.       Take your string and carefully tie a knot around the outside of your t-shirt. (you may need an extra pair of hands for this!) Once this is secure, take two rubber bands and cross them over the top of your t-shirt

4.       Mix your dye, add 150g of one of the dyes to 120g of salt. Then add to this 300ml of 40˚ water. Stir until the salt and dye have dissolved then pour into a squeezable bottle. Repeat this with all of your colours

5.       Take your first colour and squirt a small circle of dye into the middle of your spiral. Then with the next colour, outline this circle. Repeat this number of times then flip the spiral over and do the same on the opposite side.

6.       Leave the dye to soak into the t-shirt spiral for approximately 20 minutes. Then unravel and hang up to set for at least 12 hours

7.       Rinse t-shirt in cold water and then wash thoroughly (for best results, put colour catcher into wash)

Dip Dye

You will need:

·         A plain piece of clothing

·         Bleach

·         Water

·         A bucket

·         Gloves

1.       Lie garment out

2.       Create a mixture which is 1 part bleach to 2 parts water

3.       Dip your garment into the mixture (dip it as far in as you want the bleach to go) hold this for a minute

4.       If you want to create a 3 tone dip dye/ lighten the colour of your garment even more, add more bleach to your mixture and dip the garment in for longer

Potato Printing

You will need:

·         A plain t-shirt

·         A good sized baking potato

·         A  knife

·         Paper

·         Pencil

·         Scissors

·         Acryllic paint or fabric paint

1.       Take the potato and slice it in half

2.       Using a pencil or a pen, draw an outline of your design onto the inside of the potato

3.       Take a knife and cut around the shape. Cut about ¼ depth so that the shape is raised

4.       Dip your shape into your paint and then print it onto your t-shirt. Repeat this as many times as you like!

Attention to Detail

You will need:

·         An old shirt

·         A sewing needle and thread

·         A chain

·         Some buttons

1.       Measure the space in between your collar and work out how long you want your chain to be

2.       Using your needle and thread, attach the ends of the chain to the tips of the collar

3.       Take your buttons and sew these over the top of the chain stitches

Go Galactic

You will need:

·         A black t-shirt or bandeau

·         White, purple, and blue paint acrylic or fabric paint (other  colours optional)

·         A sponge

·         A thin paintbrush

1.       Begin by lightly sponging blue onto the garment

2.       Sponge a layer of purple paint on top of this. Combine this with some lighter shades of purple to make it stand out

3.       Sponge some small of white on top of these colours

4.       Take your paintbrush and using your white paint, paint some crosses and dots onto your garment, these will look like stars!