Recycled Tye Dye Tee to Awesome Accessories

[shaoono]

Today's goal was to not leave the house, but make numerous items.  That turned out pretty easy once I realized it was time to RECYCLE!

Now who doesn't have an old T-shirt or two laying around the house? I know I have a million!  So I started hunting through the bunch.
Flower Power Necklace

 I found the prefect old t-shirt laying in a pile. Lately I have been on a tye-dye kick , well maybe it's not a kick? More like an all the time thing!

        That being said, I have some rather rough  looking tye-dyes that I made with a few kids a while back. They were a bit on the lame side with not much of a pattern to them. Anyways! Since they weren't being worn I figured why not make them the perfect accessory to my new favorite tye dyes? Take a peak at my new creations!


  I also wanted to mention I got the idea while browsing around some awesome craft blogs. I had seen it on numerous pages so I'm not sure who to give the first credit to. However, I started making the Infinity Scarf from a tutorial I found on : Kojo Designs

But it was linked to this awesome page I found full of home made Christmas ideas! The Happy Housewife's list of 100 great home made gifts.



 Sadly, all my tye-dyes are in the wash due to adventure to the farm last weekend. So I had to suffice wit my favorite black tee. Now I'm wondering if I can get away with my tye-dye accents at my "all black" uniform photography job. Guess I will have to see Sunday when I go to work






Thanks for checking it out! Feel free to let me know if you would like me to make one for you.



Happy Crafting.
-Shantastic

P.S. Those were all made from one shirt! I was surprised how much I could make from one tee!

[Mountains and Clouds]

Oooo pretty!

[Nobodyhasthisoneyet]

Woo!  Pretty!  How did you join the strands at the ends?  Are they knotted, or sewn, or something else?

*files idea away for stealing*

[shaoono]

Ahh I keep trying to reply and it wouldn't post

I cut loops from the bottom of a t-shirt and twisted them and sewed them together,. Wrapped some extra around the stiched portion and made fabric flowers to cover the wrapped part.

The other I braided a few strands and knotted them to a bunch of looped strands and added beads . I stretched them to different lengths to make it more spread out.

I'm gonna try to make a tutorial soon! Or check out the one I saw at Kojo Designs

[SiFi Mom]

I've seen tee shirt necklaces before, but I really like your tie dye ones, they're really colourful.  Great recycling!

[I Sew Cute]

Fab colors!

[shaoono]

I've seen tee shirt necklaces before, but I really like your tie dye ones, they're really colourful.  Great recycling!

Thanks thats totally what I was goign for.. recycled go green options

[rajput9571]

You create a mindblowing piece and name also cool, its looking beautiful, may be due to photo effects, please share more pics.

[Athterath]

I really like the one with the beads.  And the black T-shirt is the perfect foil for those brilliant colors.