I have seem some of these on line and as I have mentioned
before I get curious to see how I can make something out of something I already
have. My husband was getting rid of some
t-shirts and I didn’t want to just throw them away I wanted to see what else I could
do to up cycle them you know? I mean sometimes I keep them for myself or I make doggie sweaters.
So I started to Google my way around online till I came across
fabric necklaces. "How to make a necklace out of a t-shirt".. (amongst other things you can do with
this). So I went for it.
Well I did my first one last year 2012 and never really did
anything with it. Then I started to take
all these t-shirts I had and decided to move forward and make them into
necklaces since I love accessories. Give
me another reason to create something out of something I have.
What I did notice online was that most of them were just t-shirts
of the same color or mixed color strips and that was nice and all but it seemed
as if though it was missing something…so I looked around my beads and buttons and saw this cool button
that I had in my button stash and decided wait a minute I can add this to it
and still keep it the same color but with a little more personality.
I actually worked on old t-shirts before I started to buy
the t-shirts (I ordered two so far from Joanns.com
and I was lucky that day they were on sale and then I went to my local AC Moore and purchased 3 others all in
colors I wanted to work on and guess what they were on sale as well) to make
these. Now I am totally in love with
making these things. Not only are they
light in weight but you can manipulate them however you want wear it long or short.
I also discovered that the t-shirt needs to be one with no
sewn seems on the side. It has to be how can
I say this ummm one complete piece all the way around so that when you cut them
into strips and stretch it - it won’t come apart. Trust me once you cut one and
pull on it you will see what I mean if you do it off of one that has the sewn
sides. But hey even with that you can
make them into a bracelet or headband so it’s not the end of the world you can
still do something with a t-shirt even if it has the sewn sides.
So my next pic will be what I do with the t-shirts that are sewn on the side ...I will keep you in suspense... stay fabulous and I will see you later.
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