DIY T-Shirt Crafts: From Braided Bracelets to Floor Pillows, 50 Unexpected Ways to Recycle Your Old T-Shirts

by Adrianne Surian

Overview

Transform old T-shirts into trendy accessories—in 60 minutes or fewer!

Creating something useful and stylish doesn't have to take ages or require expensive supplies. From an Easy Twisted Headband to Round Lounge Pillows, DIY T-Shirt Crafts teaches you how to repurpose old T-shirts into 50 beautiful projects worthy of showing off. Complete with step-by-step instructions and stunning photographs, each T-shirt craft is simple enough for beginners to recreate and can be finished in 60 minutes or fewer. Guided by Adrianne Surian, the crafter behind the popular blog Happyhourprojects.com, you'll turn this wardrobe staple into trendy, one-of-a-kind accessories, including:

• Ruffled Rosette Hair Barrette
• Braided Chain Statement Necklace
• Fringed Infinity Scarf
• Galaxy Bleached No-Sew Tote Bag
• Aromatherapy Neck Pillow

Whether you're cleaning out your closet, want to personalize your look, or just found a hole in your favorite top, it's time to take your tees to the next level with these fashion-forward projects!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440589676
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	298,278
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

An Adams Media author.

Editorial Reviews

"The projects are a solid mix of fun and functional...and there's enough diversity to please a wide range of crafters, from tweens and teens seeking funky accessories to adults with more sophisticated tastes. Crafters interested in giftable items will discover a plethora of fun ideas here as well." —Library Journal

From the Publisher

09/15/2015
T-shirts are so inexpensive that they're practically disposable, and the amount of textile waste generated by today's fast-fashion trends is astonishing. That's where Surian's craft ideas come in. By turning T-shirts into skeins of recycled yarn or reusing the fabric via a series of clever cuts, crafters can refashion their worn-out clothing into a variety of accessories and items for the home. The projects are a solid mix of fun and functional, and most can be completed in an hour or less, requiring few, if any, specialized tools or notions. Plenty of photographs get beginners past the trickier steps, and there's enough diversity to please a wide range of crafters, from tweens and teens seeking funky accessories to adults with more sophisticated tastes. Crafters interested in giftable items will discover a plethora of fun ideas here as well. VERDICT Creative reuse continues to be a popular theme for craft books, and given the ubiquity of T-shirts, crafters won't need to look far for the raw materials to make any of the projects in this collection.

Library Journal