This project uses some techniques I shared in a recent blog post of one of my favorite ways to alter fabric - by using deColourant! More info is in that post - but essentially, deColourant works by removing dye from fabric when it is heat activated (by ironing or by the sun). It's unlike bleach in that it does not affect the strength and integrity of the fibers, as bleach does. This technique is used a lot in the book I wrote with Sarah Case, Transfer Embellish Stitch.