Monday, February 20, 2012

T-shirt scarf

For months I was seeing these T-shirt scarves on various blogs. They look cute and seem to be easy enough to make. I do love a good accessory to liven up the old wardrobe so I added it to my ever growing “to do” list. I was pretty sure I could handle the task but once I tried it I knew it would be great to do with my girls. It really was as easy as everyone said.

The straight forward version is to cut strips across the body of a T-shirt and then stretch them out and tie them together.






Ta-da. Yep, that easy.

I was about ready to make mine when I saw this post and she added a braid to hers. A little more sewing was needed to secure the braided ends but still really easy to make.







My girls made their's one Saturday morning.




My girls made their one Saturday morning. My six year old was worried about cutting by her self without a line to cut along. So, I folded the t-shirt and pressed down with my fingers to leave a mark for her to follow.









They also decided to get a little creative by mixing one strip of their colors with each other.






Through the magic of Pinterest I found this one. So I had to try it out for myself. Yep, still pretty easy. It takes a little more time to make but very simple and no sewing required.



Trace some circles...


Cut out as many as you can from one shirt...






Spiral cut each circle....



Ok, so I said no sewing but it satisfied my OCD to stitch the pieces together. After I had them all cut I laid them out on top of each other and put a couple stitches in the middle to hold them all in place.







They add the perfect touch to a T-shirt wardrobe and with a cute flower pin you can dress up the most boring outfit.




















3 comments:

Liz Mays said...

Now those are cute. Really, really cute! I never would have thought they'd turn out so pretty.

Alexis AKA MOM said...

I think you do NEED to move by me that way you can do all the crafy thing and I can cook for you! :)

Intense Guy said...

Those are really cool!

I got a bunch of t-shirts someone could use 'cept I'd be too embarassed by how stained they are and how awful they look to give them away! :)