Hi all!We already have one fabulous T-Shirt Makeover class this month at Craft Happy,
but we couldn't help but pass along this other great way to reuse an old tee. So clean out your closet and join us as we make a T-Shirt Shrug!
Any tee will do for this project, ours happens to have three-quarter sleeves, but yours doesn't have to. If it has any images on it (like ours does), that's ok, but we are going to be cutting up the middle of the tee, so we recommend using a shirt that doesn't have any words on it.
Once you cut straight up the middle, go ahead and cut off the neck band too. Now, this may seem crazy, but we're going to sew a one inch casing all the way around these news cuts you've made. Remember to switch out your needle on your sewing machine (your manual can help you with this)- you'll need a needle that can sew through knits (it should look duller than your regular sewing machine needle, and may be colored differently too).
Once you've sewn your casing, take a long piece of ribbon and put a large safety pin through one end. Feed the safety-pin end of your ribbon through the casing (we had to fold our ribbon to make it fit, because he was so wide). Once you get through the casing to the other end, pull your ribbon. Your shirt should start to gather here! Pull until your ribbon ends are about the same length and your shirt is now a nice little gathered shrug. Put a little clear nail polish or fray check on the end of your ribbon, and enjoy your new fabulous shrug!
We always have fun sewing classes and events like this here at Craft Happy. Check out our online calendar, and be sure and join us this May!
