Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tutorial Tuesday: Tie Shirt


When I saw the link that Megan from the Brassy Apple posted to my Motivate Me Monday party, I knew that moment that I wanted to do it! I knew the exactly what shirt I wanted to use too. I have a shirt that has gone through one pregnancy and nursing two kids... so it's a little frumpy and stretched out. I thought that it would be perfect for this!

This is how I made it:
1) Find a shirt that is about one size bigger than you usually wear
2) Cut a line down the middle of the shirt
3) Using a measuring tape, cut strips that are about an inch apart and 3 inches wide
4) Cut strips on the other side of the shirt
5) Starting at the top, tie the strips into knots and continue all the way down

And you're down. So simple and easy!




I'm linking this post to these parties

29 comments:

  1. Very cute! What a great idea to do with discard shirts you have.

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  2. Can I say that I just love this??? How fun and simple!

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  3. That's really pretty! I love how the ties give it a 'girly' touch!

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  4. Very cute and so simple! Great job.

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  5. WOW...fast and easy! Thanks for linking up to Anything Related!
    ~Bridgette

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  6. Super Cool! I love crafts, and I love easy!! Thank you!! I am pretty sure I have a few of those pregnacy shirt lying around!!

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  7. What a clever idea, I love it!
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  8. This is great! Sounds super easy and looks great :)

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  9. That shirt is adorable! I saw it on Brassy Apple too and it's been on my to do list ever since!

    Yours turned out super cute!

    XOXO
    Jen

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  10. Wow! That's neat! Your so creative!

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  11. I never would have thought of that, very creative!

    Thanks for linking up with Sugar & Spice.

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  12. This is seriously adorable! I am going to dig through my materity stuff and see if I have a shirt I can do this too! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Such a sweet feminine shirt! Glad I stopped by!

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  14. Any idea how it does in the wash?

    I am thinking it could also be interesting cut on an asymmetrical curve (from the collarbone area, curving down to that center line), or maybe with a "v" cut out of the top and then tied back on. Not sure how that would work, but I might give it a try on a throwaway shirt. :)

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  15. Rachel:
    I have washed it and dried it twice now and it's fine. You have to fix the knots because they get stuck in the holes but other than that it's been great!
    Kaysi

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  16. What an easy way to redo a shirt! Great job!

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  17. Way cute! I love a good t-shirt refashion! :)

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  18. Adorable! thanks for the tut! Love the pic of it on, because sometimes they don't look as good on. This is really cute on you!

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  19. I LOVE IT!!! I am DEFINITELY trying this one today!

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  20. cute and simple. love it!
    I'd love to have this linked to my weekly link party "Make my Style Mondays"

    www.avidaccents.blogspot.com

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  21. I actually made one of these, but cut up the outsides and sleeves. It ended up too small. Do your knots stay well or do they eventually come apart?

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  22. I want to make one- it is super cute! but I am wondering about modesty. Are the knots going to untie and the shirt fly open? Do they leave gaps that you can see through?

    aubs25@hotmail.com

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  23. This is too super cute! The girls and I will be doing this next week as a homeschool project. I will also be posting a link to this on my blog, http://Treehugginishard.wordpress.com
    I LOVE IT!!

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  24. Oh I love this.
    My sister is currently expecting her second. I wonder if she has any stretched out t-shirts she's bored with?

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