Wednesday, August 1, 2012

D.I.Y

Have an old tee your willing to sacrifice? Well reuse and recycle them. It's easy to diy a necklace out of an old tee. My creations were based on these picture. How did I make it? Read the steps below to do so. Some of the steps are step-by-step and some steps are written in a paragraph for people who learn differently.

Necklace 1
Step 1:  Take your shirt and cut several 1 inch wide strips of fabric from your shirt (I used 5 strips)
Step 2: Stretch each strip of fabric by pulling on it to make the strip longer
Step 3: Slide one a metal bead (or a bead of your choice) onto each strip of fabric
Step 4: Tie the strips together with a tight knot
Step 5: Cut a 1 inch wide 3 inch long strip to be sown over the knot so the necklace looks store bought

Necklace 2:
For the second necklace take a ribbon and braid it in with with fabric (that you have stretched and braided) stretch different pieces of fabric less to make the draped look.

Necklace 3:
 Then last but not least take an old chain from one of your old not used necklaces take it and braid different colored pieces of the shirt you've cut, and braid them together on top of the chain and tie to secure.



No comments:

Post a Comment