Bleach Icthus

This is another bleaching project. This shirt started out a medium blue with dark blue band around the neck. I stitched an icthus design through both layers on the chest and folded the bottom and sleeves in a traditional tie-dye pattern. After I could see that the fabric had lightened considerably, I carefully rinsed it and removed the basting threads. The fish came out with the pattern so vague that it was hard to distinguish what it was. I used a strong bleach solution to paint inside the lines to make it more distinct. This is a picture of the back of the shirt. The front looked the same before I painted it.