Your favorite t-shirts will wear out over time and your wardrobe will no longer have enough capacity.
By recycling t-shirts, you protect the environment, save money, and practice your creativity and dexterity.
1. Elegant hair turban headband
A turban is a form of turban wrapped around the head – a typical classic style accessory.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
Prepare tools:
– Old t-shirts
– Gel gold paint
– Pencil with eraser tip
– Drag
– Duct tape
Take action:
1. First, cut a piece of fabric 11 to 13 cm wide crosswise from your t-shirt.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
2. Use the eraser end of a pencil dipped in gold paint.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
3. Once you apply the glue, let it dry and create a turban style.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
4. Rotate the strip in the middle twice to form a horizontal number 8, and then connect the two parts of the 8 circle together to form the shape below.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
5. So you have completed a lovely headband made from recycling old t-shirts.
(Photo: Michael Ann Made)
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2. Fancy pigtail scarf
(Photo: AllDayChic)
Prepare tools:
– 2 large t-shirts in different colors
– Sewing machine or needle and thread
– Drag
– Measure
Take action:
1. Take each t-shirt and cut along the hems into a rectangle, you get 2 pieces of fabric of different colors.
2. Fold the fabric in a vertical rectangle and sew along, continue sewing like that with the remaining fabric.
3. Proceed to knit 2 pieces of fabric according to the following clip instructions.
(Photo: putapuredukes)
Clip showing how to make your own scarf by recycling old t-shirts.
3. Versatile accessory cord
(Photo: Maegan Tintari)
Prepare tools:
– Old t-shirts
– Drag
– Measure
Take action:
1. Cut 2 pieces of fabric about 3 cm wide and 50 – 100 cm long from your old t-shirt.
(Photo: Maegan Tintari)
2. Fold the 2 pieces of fabric in half, you get 4 pieces of fabric, tie the braid and secure it by knotting, leaving about 5 cm – 10 cm of excess fabric.
(Photo: Maegan Tintari)
Just by recycling old t-shirts, you can make your own multi-purpose accessory string that can be used as a hair tie or a lovely fashion bracelet.
(Photo: Maegan Tintari)
4. Accessory line
(Photo: brit.co)
Prepare tools:
– 3 old t-shirts in different colors (soft fabric works well)
– Medium uniform round rings (3 – 5 cm)
– Copper wire brace head
– Clasp lock
– Sewing machine or needle and thread
– Drag
– Measure
– Metal pliers
– Drag
Take action:
1. First, cut 3 pieces of fabric from 3 old T-shirts of different colors, each piece is 1 – 2 cm wide and 40 cm long.
2. Thread 3 pieces of elastic fabric into 9 uniform round rings of 3 – 5 cm as shown in the photo below.
3. Tie pigtails to both ends of the string.
4. Finally, use pliers to carefully clamp the copper brace to fix the two ends of the wire and attach the buckle.
So you complete your line of fancy accessories.
(Photo: brit.co)
5. Recycled earrings from old t-shirts
Prepare tools:
– Old t-shirts of different colors (soft fabrics work well)
– Thin copper necklace
– Round copper rings: small (1- 3 cm)
– Copper wire brace head
– Earring hook
– Sewing machine or needle and thread
– Measure
– Metal pliers
– Drag
Take action:
1. Cut a piece of elastic fabric 1 – 2 cm wide and 5 – 10 cm long.
2. Use pliers to cut 2 pieces of uniform chain with a length of 6 – 12 cm.
3. Thread the entire piece of fabric with the copper chain into a small 1 – 2 cm circular ring.
4. Attach the copper earring hook to the ring and complete the adjustment, cutting off the excess to the desired length.
(Photo: brit.co)
(Photo: brit.co)
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