Upcycled String T-Shirt Scarf!

I have been going through my craft room lately, looking through all of my "needs to be refashioned pile" and I found this old yet still cool Rain Forest Cafe shirt... I loved the rain forest cafe! I totally recommend it to anyone! haha Now as I was saying I found this old ribbed knit (has to be a knit) tie dyed t-shirt that was begging to be made into something pretty... do you ever have clothes that you want to refashion and know just what to do with them? That's the kind of moment I had with this shirt...
I give you... Upcycled String T-Shirt Scarf!

 Just grab any old (or new) t-shirt, scissors (or rotary cutter and mat)... Let's get started!

 Put the bottom of the T-shirt together (the hem) and cut it off (shown in two photos below).

Cut the shirt into 2 inch strips all the way up to the arm pit seam.  You should get 4-6 strips depending on the size.

 Like so!

 Now take a strip of the shirt, I had a total of 5, but you can have as many as you want!  The shirt could be white and you could dye it or you could even have (I thought about this a lot, okay) multiple t-shirts with ton's of different colors!  

 Stretch the strip as far as it will go!

Repeat with all other strips.  Gather all the stretched strips and put the together.

 Take a bit of the sleeve, stretch it, and tie a knot through all the pieces!

 Like so...

 You DONE!  Think of all the fun colors and ways you can wear it!  Here are three ways... #1 Just put it over your head.

 #2 Wrap around your head twice!

 #3 Knot to bottom..

Enjoy!

Meg

What I wore Outfit Post! Upcycled and Fab!

 This time we will start at the bottom and work our way to the top:

Shoes~~Upcycled News Paper shoes

Jeans~~ Ohh La La

Shirt~~Upcycled, tutorial found here

Cardigan~~ Croft&Barrow

Accessories:

Copper Indian cuff~~Purchased from Wall Drug in SD

Vintage Lace cuff~~World Shaking Designs

 This outfit could be worn many different ways but with the cardigan this is my favorite! :)

 But,  then again it's summer so it's too hot to wear anything but a thin cardi... solution! Wear some great accessories!

 Hmm.. too cold you say?  Why not try some rockin' armwarmers (tutorial here)

 Is that better?? Good, I thought so! ;P

xo

Meg

Upcycled Statement T-Shirt

This is my first DIY post! Yea me!!!  I am soooo excited about the way this shirt turned out!! I took a really basic shirt (plain white Tee) and added a painted shimmy flower from OLD velvet shirt to the top... You could use any shirt with any design, or color.  I was sifting though an old clothing box in my craft room when I found the velvet shirt.  I used to wear this shirt when I was ten... ahhh, good times we had! haha 

 

Ready for the tutorial??

 

Basic shirt~ I used a white men's Hane's T-Shirt (men's are better, trust me on this one)

And another shirt with a cool image or "feature" to it. (Upcycled velvet shirt)

 

Sewing machine, pins, thread, etc... Or you could hand sew it on?

 

Sorry I don't have any step by steps photos but the process is very basic and easy so it doesn't take much. Seriously! I was done in 20 minutes, most was spent on the cutting part as I had to cut around each petal..

Before:

Notice how the flower shimmers a beautiful blue black! 


1) Lay out your white shirt and center the velvet flower, pin it to the shirt making sure to not catch the back of the shirt.

2)Now sew an 1/8" in all the way around the "feature" making sure to overlap and backstitch from where you started! 3) Cut threads!Now your FINISHED!! :)  Enjoy you fabulous statement shirt!! Look at the different ways you can wear it! Now.... wouldn't a shirt with a giant face on it be great for this?? Hmmmthrifting! ;)

Any questions? Contact me at unbullievabledesigns@gmail.com!

xo

Meg