How to customise & recycle your old t-shirts

Books about recycling and altering your t-shirts
I included the cover pictures because we all know that’s the best way to judge a book…

1. Generation T: 108 Ways To Transform A T-Shirt by Megan Nicolay (UK link
/ US Link)

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2. Generation T: Beyond Fashion 120 new ways to transform a t-shirt by Megan Niolcay (UK Link
/ US link)

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3. Tease: Inspired T-shirt Transformations by Superstars of Art, Craft, & Design by Sarah Sockit (UK link
/ US link)

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/ US link)

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5. T-Shirt Makeovers: 20 Transformations for Fabulous Fashions by the Sistahs of Harlem (UK link
/ US link)

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6. T-Shirt Style: Super-Easy New Looks in No Time by Gabrielle Sterbenz (UK link / US link)

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7. Embellish Your T-shirt: 50 Ways to Create Your Own Style, Includes 35 Step-by Step Projects (UK link/ US link)

If you’ve made it this far, congratulations, I hope you enjoyed the article and have found lots of uses for your old and neglected t-shirts. If you’ve got any other ideas or links feel free to share them in the comments.

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Tagged as: bags, craft, DIY, environment, Environmental, Gianny L, lifehack, Mens, recycle, T-shirts, threadbanger, Womens

http://ATshirtBlog.com Micah
Excellent post…really informative and useful. Great job, Andy, and thanks for sharing!
http://blog.spreadshirt.net ami
Hey Andy,
we’ll add some more next week as soon as we have hung up the “shirtain” (which arrived actually this week!)
Sarah
http://thegreenkey.net/patterns/soft_sandstorm_belly_shirt/
I made this one a bunch of years ago. Easy for a beginner (like me at the time)!
http://plookiss.blogspot.com/ Plookiss
Wow, this is an amazing list. I can’t wait to try out some of these ideas, especially the knickers one
http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com Someday Crafts
What a great list. That took A LOT of time!!!! I have linked/featured this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com. I appreciate all you work.
Lynn
Great list!!
I love it!!
http://blog.spreadshirt.net/uk/2009/10/09/do-it-yourself-a-different-take-on-shirt-customisation/ ami
just fyi: our adds to the list are online in the blog now (click link above).
cheers from leipzig!
ami.)
kimberly jones
more on how to make handbags out of tee shirts
http://myzerowaste.com Mrs Green
This is an amazing post – a great resource of information; thank you!
I shared this story on my site today as it ties in with our belief of keeping things out of the landfill:
http://myzerowaste.com/2009/11/mrs-greens-six-stories/
http://www.seedsandstitches.blogspot.com Hannah
I love this! Thanks so so so so much! so many great ideas! I loved it so much I blogged about it here- http://seedsandstitches.blogspot.com/2009/10/tree-hugger-tuesdays-t-shirt-recycling.html
Lynn
Love these ideas!!!
http://www.shirtsmyway.com mens dress shirts
This blog is so practical, i actually like the idea to use old shirts decorate my floor
Valerie
Thanks, great ideas !!!!
http://www.bearsweatshirt.com/bear-sweatshirt/ make your own shirts
I love this blog thank for sharing !
http://www.blank-label.com men’s dress shirts online
DIY projects are so fun! i love doing DIY for jeans though. i’m a big fan of making tears and splashing paint on denim
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Fantastic ideas. Gonna post this up in my blog to share. Thanks
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so nice,thank you for your share!
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Serenity
You did a VERY good job on this site. I just love it.
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pkc
hey, u have any tips on turning a t-shirt into a baseball style shirt with 3/4 sleeves? i have a cool t-shirt that i think would look better as a baseball t. was thinking of taking the sleeves off and replacing them-
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I suggested this to someone else, if you have any waterproof garments (leotard, jacket etc) it should be possible to turn them into a swimsuit provided the material was comfortable enough (and non-transparent when wet).
http://www.new-york-t-shirts.com Brad
Great post! Reusing is even better than recycling!
http://www.theflowerpress.etsy.com Anne
Lest we forget tee-shirt jewelry! It can be so pretty. Lots of good ideas here though!!
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Mo
Love this!! So useful, I used to just cut up the sides of t-shirts and do the bow-things when they didn’t fit right… I didn’t realize you could do so much with just a t-shirt! Thanks for posting!
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Interesting, I never would have guessed there was such a range of projects you could do with t-shirts. I feel kind of uncreative just wearing mine on my torso.
Ashley
Is there a link for Page 4, #7 “How to make a cute skirt out of two t-shirts”?
http://everything-under-my-sun.blogspot.com Ennay
Thanks for sharing so many great ideas! I recently spiced up my a plain t-shirt by adding aviator sunglasses silhouette to it. It came out pretty well, a few people thought the aviators were real!
Would love to hear what you think of my diy shirt update:
http://everything-under-my-sun.blogspot.com/2011/06/tutorial-graphic-shirt-for-kids.html
http://www.johnsbrana.com/departments/handcrafted-bracelets/handmade-cuff-bracelets.html Zaida Greet
Your blog seems to be having some compatibilty issues in my firefox browser. The text seems to be running off the webpage pretty bad. If you want you can e-mail me at: Polley@yahoo.com and I will shoot you over a screen grab of the problem.
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Esther Valdez
i need ideas to cover my little girls arms up…..some of these work but need many more…she doesen’t like to show her arms at all and long sleeve shirts are not always available in the store….email me at esthervaldez@rocketmail.com
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pam
Love! I made a different version. Thanks for the inspiration! Adore your style!!!!
http://www.prjewerly.com
pam
http://prjewelry.com/
look under category under
brooches
Ohjenna33
Fuck you fick life and fuck t-shirts everywhere theese are just bitches wasting their lives on stupid t shirt crap
Bluespoon
If you can’t visit a website without slagging off someone elses work, do everyone a favor, and LEAVE. Oh, and DON”T COME BACK
Great ideas here, by the way. Very creative!
JaneCliffordxx
they are epic qcuagh and the modle
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a16yearoldgirl
bitches wasting life on t-shirts,well i say its less of a waste when men like you put us down like then we do this to look better for you assholes.its also better than wasting life posting shit about ‘bitches’ atleast they have talent.cocksucker.

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