Bleach on tunic top

Paperbackwriter - Jess de Wahls is in a league of her own ? so glad not alone. I still grieve over stunning navy blue Biba raincoat that was ruined by me picking up a bottle of bleach in supermarket…I tried everything if only Jess had been alive then. It would have been perfect.

You can get iron on transfers?

Embroidery can be quite heavy so you'd need to consider whether the material wouldn't sag. Iron on transfers are what I would go for or splash more bleach on to make it look really part of the design.

You could use a Dylan dye and change the colour completely!

Ebay- you will be able to find a myriad of iron on patches in all sizes and colours.
I got some great sparkly Christmas tree ones for a couple of quid to put onto a plain top instead of spending money on a Christmas jumper!
Just remember to put something between the two layers of your top when you iron on the motif though ( I used a square of a corregated box) or the two layers can stick together and also helps to keep both layers smooth.

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you can get some beautiful patches from here www.jessdewahls.com/patchyourselfhappy

Ha - I was just about to post the same recommendation! I've got an order in with her as we speak!

A piece of lace might work. Depends on your taste of course. Maybe a group of flowers made from gathered lace

CBT61 - that is amazing and such a good idea. I might try that on a pair of bleach splashed jeans. It doesn't matter too much if I ruin them as I can't wear them as they are. Thanks!

CBT61 - great idea, love it!

I ended up making a bleach/water solution, dipped the whole garment in and left to soak, which stripped out all of the original colour, and I then re dyed with a dylon machine dye in a new colour. A bit of a palaver, but it gave my trousers a new lease of life.

you can get some beautiful patches from here www.jessdewahls.com/patchyourselfhappy

How about more bleach? That’s what I did to this top…,

Simple embroidery stitches aren’t too difficult to learn so depending on the size of the splashes, I think that will look very nice.
I think appliqué only works well on a bigger area otherwise it might look odd.
I’d only resort to a sharpie if it was a top I wasn’t bothered about.

Thanks to everyone for replying. You have given me ideas I had not thought of.

This happened to me on a chambray top that I love. Luckily it has lace insets so it sort of blended in !

As Lillie suggests, permanent ink sharpies - worked on a black cotton dress. Embroidery isn't too difficult, can get iron on transfers to fill in but do check the silks a not too think and don't bleed colour when washed. I'd probably do small flowers in the same colour as the garment so it was quite subtle.

I tried dyeing a fairly expensive linen top that was bleach-splashed. Had to use a different colour, since Dylon didn’t have the same shade.
Unfortunately the stitching was evidently polyester, so that didn’t work - I had to bin it.
When a label says ‘100% linen or cotton I do think that should include the sewing thread!

I used a dark blue sharpie when I got a bleach mark on my navy cords. It worked perfectly. One thing to beware of when you choose to dye a garment is that the thread used to stitch the seams is probably polyester and won't take the dye. I learnt the hard way when I dyed a red top navy blue and ended up with red stitching which didn't look quite right. So, if you're dyeing, it's best to use a colour as close as possible to the original.

You could also get some t-shirt printing paper and print a litlle flower or something which you can then iron on. Or dye the whole top a darker colour. You have to bleach it all first, though.,or the stains will still be visible.

I have been to Hobbycraft but all their motifs are too small to cover the marks.

As it is a burnt orange colour I am not sure I will find a match for a marker pen.

I will look into applique thanks all

i use sharpie permanent markers, they come in every colour

I would do the same as trixi, there are lots of pretty iron-on motifs on the internet. Eventually the glue looses strength though, and you have to get out the needle and thread.

I use a permanent marker.

How about some iron-on motifs? I spilt 2 spots of hair colour on my blouse, and covered them over with a large and a small iron-on daisy, bought from a wool shop.

You might find it easier to applique over the spots. There are a lot of Youtube tutorials that will help you with this.