make your own t-scarf

Hey chicas...

thought I would bring you a cool

HOW TO

that you can use to make some really neat gifts

 for ALL of your FRIENDS

FIRST find a t-shirt that is 100 % cotton

and SOFT

and try to get a color that you like or

your friend would like...

needs to be L, XL, or XXL

I found this grey and black striped #

at my second favorite store...

in order to make a scarf for each of your buds

be sure to get your shirts on sale :)

start by cutting right under the armpits...

never thought I would use that word on this blog

just the word is gross but the thought of the word is

YUCKY YUCK YUCK...

armpit....

anywho... cut under the armpits and then put the armpitty portion to the side
you don't need that part anymore

next cut the bottom hem off

and put it to the side

you do need this at the end

start cutting strips

they need to be no bigger than an inch

NO NEED TO MEASURE

I just used my thumb as a benchmark...

I never used a ruler

just my thumb and knuckle :)
keep-n it EASY!!!

the stripes on this shirt made it easy to cut

make sure you pick a GOOD pair of scissors too!!!

try not to make your cuts look like a kindergartner cut it

after you have all of your strips cut out...

try to have at least 12

you need to line them up using the seam as your guide

see?

 lay the seams one on top of another

keep stacking the seams

when  you get all of them stacked

STREEEEEEEEEEETCH

you need to pull from both sides to get the strips to stretch out!!

now don't pull like you are the HULK

BUT pull hard enough on the strips so that the edges curl up

keep pulling and stretching

the strips will become much longer

lay them out and match up the seams again

if you think you would like the strips longer you can stretch the strip

one by one

when you are done stretching

be sure to line up the seams again!!!

grab the hem piece you cut off earlier

and cut off both seams so you

get 2 strips

stretch those two pieces

you will pop the hem and that is FINE!!!

stretch stretch stretch

take one hem piece and tie it around ALL of the strips right next to where

the seams are lined up

you will tie it into a VERY TIGHT knot

start wrapping  the strip around the loops...

wrap it tight...

keep wrapping and try to keep it even

stop after you have covered the seams...

I usually have one that is about 1 1/2 inches long

when you decide you have wrapped it enough

you tie it off with one of the strips

again tie a tight knot

trim the extra off

you will do this for the other end of seams too

try to make them the same length!!!

and now you are done!!!

to wear it you double it around your neck!!!

with the seam wrappers in the back

SUPER CUTE

 HUH???

I am making these for all of my best buds

I have bought tees in all of their favorite colors

OR their college colors...

see???

uh oh ... longhorn colors on the blog...

watch out...

K&R can pretty much assume this orange t-scarf is not theirs!!!

one thing I want you to notice is

the gray striped tee was a size large

and the orange one was a double X

it doesn't really show in the pics but the orange one

is much longer

alrighty that is my HOW TO

I hope you liked it and I hope you go and make one of these!!!

I get TONS of compliments on mine!!!

PEACE * LOVE & T-SCARVES