Cut T-Shirt
written by threadslinger
Front:
Back:
Miss Marie was kind enough to let me borrow her book, 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special by Faith Blakeney, and so I made this shirt from the book. It was really easy to do (no sewing required, just some scissors), and a good way to re-design a plain t-shirt. I also did a stencil on the front of the shirt (plenty of excellent tuts on this site about stenciling, check one out here) to make it a bit more exciting.
Materials Needed:
T-shirt
Scissors
Directions
1. Cut along the bottom edge of the shirt so that it is rounded out at the edges (in the book this is called a hipster style)
2. Cut out the neck of the t-shirt starting about 1 inch from where the sleeve begins to make a scoop neck.
3. Cut out a square out of the back of the shirt starting just below your shoulder blades.
4. With square you cut out of the t-shirt cut into swirl starting on the edge and working your way into the middle of the shirt. It will end up as a long t-shirt string.
5. Cut 4 slits on the sides of the cut out square on the back of the shirt. Take the t-shirt string and thread through holes on the sides of shirt, tie at the bottom.
This shirt is the cutest! I am definitely going to try this. I hope mine turns out as good as that one did. Wish me luck!
Seriously adorable.
I am sure you will do great, I am so glad that you both like it so much
This is adorable! I love the stencil as well! Congrats on wonderful alteration!
You girls are so smart! I’ve tried to figure out how to do this, and couldnt figure it out on my own, and found this surfin the web. Thanks!
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OMG! Thank you SO much! I have a pageant and we have to wear school tees for the opening number and all of mine were/are HUGE! Thanks for helping me stand out a lil more!!! xoxo
I am so glad it helped you out!
How awesome! I volunteer at a youth center for at-risk girls teaching them fashion and beauty in Ireland and was totally paranoid at what to teach them (I didn’t really think they’d be into the haute couture scene). They loved it! So cool, thank you.
That is so great, I am really glad they liked it!
i had an extra large miller light shirt that i won in a tournament, and i found this site now it looks extra cute and more fitting to me!