T-Shirt scarf ~ necklace. I love upcycling! Here's a fun & easy way to accessorize with an old t-shirt. I'm using an old longhorn t-shirt that was headed to the rag bin. What you need: t-shirt (with no side seams)rotary fabric cutterrulercutting matWhat you do: Using the ruler and rotary cutter, cut off the very bottom of the t-shirt. Be sure to remove all of the bottom hem. Starting at the bottom of the t-shirt, measure and cut 1 inch strips. Continue cutting 1 inch strips until you have your desired amount of loop strips.
Stretch out each loop. Now have fun with all of the t-shirt loops.Wear the loops as a scarf/necklace... or a cowl... or even as a bracelet. The possibilities are endless. Felt Flower Scarf Tutorial. Thank you for all of the sweet love on my Felt Flower Scarf! Really, my goodness, I didn't expect so many people to be interested in it. I'm happy to share this tutorial for you on how to make one of your own! Materials needed: 1/2 yard of 72" Felt or Felted Wool (this measurement is to be safe... but you'll end up with some extra here for sure.) Scissors Needle and Coordinating Thread *optional - Fast Grab Tacky Glue or Hot Glue *optional - Small hook and eye Let's get started shall we? 1. Start by cutting your long scarf piece. Now, cut a scallop around the edge of your long scarf piece. Next, circle cutting mania. Each flower will have 6 circles.
DO NOT spend the time cutting out perfect circles. Now scallop all of the circles. 2. Stack your 5 largest circles. Take your knotted needle and thread and come up through the stack of circles just off-center. Now go back down through the stack about 1/2 inch away, on the other side of center. Now make an X. This is how your flower will look so far. Chenille Scarf from a Sheet. I know it's probably too late to offer this as a Christmas gift idea, but here's a soft, upcycled handmade scarfc made from a soft vintage sheet. This scarf uses the faux chenille technique. It's basically sewing lines of multiple layers of fabric, then cutting between the lines to allow the raw edges to fray and become soft texture. The baby blankets you sew the lines on the diagonal from corner to corner, because the cutting needs to be on the bias.
But this scarf is cool because your lines are straight, because you cut your fabric on the bias! Other cute faux chenille scarves that are more like the blankets with one side chenille, the other having diagonal lines, and binding: Here I am wearing the scarf with my prego belly, no makeup, and my mullet hair that needs to be cut. Scarf: Faux Chenille 1. 5 strips per scarf: 7 1/2" wide, 55" to 65" long (or whatever you think is best and fits your fabric) I used a vintage full size fitted sheet. You need to cut your strips on the bias. 2. 3. 4.
Make a Vintage Sheet Faux Chenille Scarf. I think I've mentioned before that I have been accumulating vintage sheets for a project for about a year now. I think I have enough variety to start my project now.....but I do have a few odd sheets that don't quite 'get along' with the others for what ever reason......be it weight of fabric, content, colour, or design. One of these odd ducks that didn't seem to quite fit in was the softest fabric ever, but it's weight and faded colour was making me feel it didn't have a place in the planned project.
So I had an idea to use it up on its own. I thought it might make a nice chenille scarf.........and I think it did....What do you think? Four years ago, I took a class to make a sewn chenille scarf shown at the bottom of this post. If you are interested to try this project...here are the steps and instructions. The strips of fabric for this project are cut on the bias or diagonally and are cut 7 1/4 inches wide. Now it is time to slash the fabric between the lines of stitching. Hooded Scarf Tutorial. How to sew a hooded scarf or scoodie! First, fold your fabric lengthwise in half, right sides together. Press it well on the highest setting (steaming would be good) so you get all the wrinkles out and develop a nice crisp line at the fold. Take your favorite hoodie and turn it inside out and make the hood as flat as possible along the middle fold. Place the opening of the hood straight along the fold a couple of inches away from the edge. You'll want to trace a half inch away from the hood all the way around it, until you hit shoulder area.
Now, you'll want to trace a couple inches down from the bottom hood seam, and begin taking your line horizontally back to the fold. Based on how thick you want the scarf to be, you'll draw the next vertical line. The pictures explain this so much better. Scoodie. Figure 8 scarf. I named this the Figure 8 Scarf (we sell 18x72" pre-cuts here) because it reminded me of what I used to tell myself as a little girl to get the hang of twisting a rubberband around my hair to make a pony tail. Once the band is around once, you twist it, turning the band into a figure 8 before you pull the pony tail through the band a second time. Putting this full loop scarf around your neck is just the same. Plus figure 8 sounds winter-y and fun. Plus I can't do it on skates.
So. Yea. While making a two sided sewn loop is a pretty easy thing, I thought I would save some of you from the never ending pull through to the right side that can happen depending on how you've put it together. . * Press the velveteen seam open as shown above and be sure to tuck the velveteen seam allowances at the side edges underneath the voile layer * Blind stitch the two layers of voile together, passing only through their layers, and not passing through the velveteen So there.Have fun.xo, AM. Fleece hat. Good Morning Everyone! I do know it's Thursday, I just thought I would give you a little bonus this week. Yea!! The Fleece Ski Hat The weather here in Chicago is beginning to turn.
I'm so happy!! Fires in the fireplace, hot chocolate, snowshoeing, skiing, hot spiced wine.....I love it all. I did the entire hat on the serger. Fold and serge the seam which will become the center back seam. Turn up the bottom edge. Serge the seam at the top of your hat. The hat could actually be worn at this point. Wow, I look like Thor in this picture!! Pin the corners, and then serge across the corners. And you're finished. Have a wonderful day! My Little Bit on my sewing table. Fleece Scarflette Tutorial. We have had a relatively mild winter so far, and I've been very happy that I haven't had to bundle up quite as much as usual. This week, we did receive enough accumulation to send Clark out to make snow angels, and push his dump truck through the snow.
I typically don't love spending long periods of time in the winter weather, but after spending a few days cooped up at the sewing machine, I had to get out. I was reminded of how much I enjoy my fleece scarflette that I made last year. It provides you with the coverage you need, and stays in place as you walk/run/etc. I decided that I'd re-post my original tutorial for those of you who may have missed it. It's a great remnant project, and is a quick beginners project. One of the problems with a pull over neck warmer, is that fleece often creates quite a bit of static electricity. There are many possibilities when it comes to making and embellishing these fleece scarflettes. Begin by cutting a rectangular piece of fleece. That's it.