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I love navy and white. It’s so crisp and summery. I was cleaning out my drawers and found a navy blue t-shirt that had barely been worn. It wasn’t a fashion t-shirt but one of those logo t-shirts that you would wear to paint the house. The redeeming quality about this t-shirt was that it was the perfect shade of navy blue.
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I decided to refashion a plain white t-shirt so I could have a new navy and white summer top.
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To make a t-shirt like this, you need to first cut t-shirt yarn from your throw away shirt.
To make t-shirt yarn, you cut one long continuous strip going around and around the bottom of the shirt. I drew a little diagram above.
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Here’s what you end up with – t-shirt yarn. You can knit or crochet with it or do just about anything you would do with yarn or ribbon.
For step-by-step instructions, here’s a little graphic you can save.
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Once you have your strip, start pinning it to our t-shirt in whatever design you want. I chose rosettes in a continuous swirly pattern. I hand stitched the rosettes into place and then machine stitched the entire ribbon down.
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I love it. I think I'll wear this with jeans or denim capris, espadrilles and a straw hat!
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Carolyn
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So cute and inspiring.
ReplyDeleteLove this! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteToo cute!! I am definitely going to try this! Thanks!! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great t-shirt refashion!
ReplyDeleteIt really is so cute! The outfit you describe pairing it with sounds perfect!
ReplyDeletelove it, sounds fab with espradrilles and a straw hat!
ReplyDeleteGreat style!
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This was darling Carolyn! Love the idea and how it turned out!!
ReplyDeletexo Becca
Just wanted to let you know I featured this as part of my link party wrap up. So cute!
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