Seeing as I am the most manly of men you won’t find me doing this, but it is a pretty neat tutorial on how to turn that old t-shirt you never wear into a cotton necklace.
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Hey, I remember Threadbanger!
I didn’t know it had gone away, I just knew that I had departed from their audience some time back, not because they were doing anything wrong, but I realised I wasn’t going to do any of the DIY stuff they were talking about so it wasn’t particularly useful for me to be watching the show. This latest iteration of Threadbanger seems to be them turning their YouTube Channel into more of a network, showcasing a few different established names from the craft world whilst also introducing a few new video series.
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I got followed by this lady on Twitter (don’t forget to follow HYA too!), and thought that her site was pretty cool. You send her a bunch of t-shirts, and she turns them into a quilt. The business is called Queen B Quilts, and whilst I’m sure I’ve linked to a few ways to create your own t-shirt quilt in my t-shirt recycling post a couple of years back, but I’m no good at sewing and I presume most of you aren’t either, so why not guarantee yourself a good product by paying to have it produced?
It isn’t a particularly cheap service (it depends on the size of the quilt) starting at $125, but I would presume that a lot of time and effort goes into the product of a t-shirt quilt, so the price is probably fair.
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The Hawaiian t-shirt posting tornado, Coty Gonzales, has set himself an almighty task for 2011, “365 days of t-shirts.” I’m sure you’re rolling your eyes, “but Andy, ya handsome devil, loads of people have worn a different t-shirt every day for a year, what makes Coty so special, and by the way, I like you new jumper.” Thanks imaginary person, it IS a nice jumper, but let’s focus here, Coty isn’t wearing a different t-shirt every day in 2011, he’s providing craft projects, tutorials, and other cool t-shirt related things every day for the whole year (though I think he may have already failed as he’s only holiday at the moment, hopefully he’ll be able to catch up). With the project he is hoping that at the end of the year he might be able to produce a book, wouldn’t that be cool!
Day 1 was the t-shirt journal you can see above that was inspired by Moleskine notebooks, day two was an Experimental Jetset parody wallpaper, on the third & fourth day Coty turned a t-shirt into a throw pillow (it was reposted exactly the same on day 3), and on the fifth he discussed categorizing on the blog.
Clearly, he’s not quite keeping up with the 365 element, but there is some cool stuff, and you can follow it all with the Project365 tag.
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T-shirts have a lifespan, they don’t last forever, they stretch, they fade, they get stained, and sometimes the tees stay the same but the owner changes size, or just changes their taste. This got me thinking, “what do you do with a tee when you don’t want to wear it anymore? (and you don’t want to give them to charity for whatever reason)” I’ve got more than 200 t-shirts in my wardrobe (and out of it, and draped on chairs, and stacked in cupboards, and hanging on racks), and they don’t all fit me now, so I thought I’d hunt around and find out what they devil I could do with all those superflous tees. As it turns out, other people have this problem too, and there are loads of tutorials out there with interesting ideas for how to recycle your t-shirts into something ‘new’.
My server has been crushed under the weight of traffic from my list posts in the past, and one way to try and alleviate the strain is to split an article into pages. This first page of 50 tutorials, projects, and videos doesn’t have any unifying theme to it, it’s just a random collection, some of which are pretty unusual ideas. The rest of the pages have been sorted into groups as they are often different takes on the same idea. Page two has 6 tutorials for turning your old tees into a rug or quilt, and 7 ideas for turning t-shirts into bags, often with the idea of using them as shoping bags, which I’m sure would get you a lot of approving looks at Trader Joe’s. The third page is for those of you that want to refresh and recondition your tees so that they’re still a t-shirt(ish), but with a bit of a customized twist to make you stand out from the crowd. Page four sees your tees becoming skirts and dresses, and I was pretty impressed with a lot of the finished articles on that page. The last page has links to books about reconditioning and recycling your t-shirts, so kind of like this list, except in book form. If I’ve missed something from the list, or you’ve had an idea but can’t find it anywhere online, feel free to share that in your comments. If you have enjoyed this list I would very much appreciate it if you could promote this article in some way, be it via tweet, stumble, delicious bookmark, digg, blog post, or envelopes stuffed with cash being posted to me.
1. How to turn your t-shirts into tees for you dog!
2. [W/M] T-Shirt with a built-in belt.
3. [W/M] Recycled T-Shirt Bracelet.
4. [W] Turning a t-shirt into yoga pants.
5. How to weave t-shirts.
6. [W/M] How to turn yourself into a ninja using a t-shirt.
7. [M] A Threadbanger quickie about making a button down shirt more interesting by sewing a t-shirt design onto the back of it.
8. How to turn a t-shirt into a diaper/nappy.
9. Scarf made of huge blue t-shirt.
10. [W] T-shirt refashioned into a summer top, which is a little bit late for the season, but there’s always next year.
11. How to make yarn out of t-shirts.
12. How to make arm warmers from a t-shirt.
13. [W] How to turn your t-shirt into a pair of underwear. [via Pop Culture Tees]
14. Use a t-shirt as a pillow case. Here’s how it goes: get a pillow, get a t-shirt, put t-shirt over pillow. Done.
15. Recycle a t-shirt into a sexy bikini… yes, she does model it at the end of the vid.
16. You might not need to throw out that old tee after all, this tutorial shows you how to remove cigarette odor from your tees.
17. How to frame a t-shirt (on the cheap).
18. How to turn a t-shirt in to a dress for a toddler.
19. If you’ve got loads of t-shirts going spare, then making a rug might be a good project for you.
20. [W] How to turn a baseball tee into a halter top.
21. [W] How to make a t-shirt cami.
22. How to make a throw pillow out of a t-shirt.
23. [W] How to make a t-shirt twist. This looks like a good way to freshen up a boring plain tee, cool skirt too!
24. [W] No sew tank top from a tee. This one is worth reading for the adorable hand drawn instructional pictures.
25. How to make a laptop t-shirt case.
26. How to silkscreen your own posters and t-shirts, perfect for spicing up a plain tee.
27. [W] How to reshape a t-shirt that doesn’t fit you anymore.
28. [W] Stylish ways to cut your t-shirt.
29. [W] The Threadbanger crew explains how to make a wedding dress out of t-shirts.
30. Here’s another tutorial about turning your old t-shirts into a scarf.
31. This instructable isn’t about cutting your tees, but storing them, and whilst I don’t think it would be a good solution for my 200+ tee collection, it might be good for keeping a few of your favourites good-as-new.
32. Another tutorial on how to turn you tees into undies with ease!
33. Mod a cute halter top from a t-shirt (I think there might be enough tee>halter top tutes out there for them to have their own page!)
34. DIY Quirky Corset Tee Shirt for Free People Blog
35. Just in case all those other t-shirt to scarf tutorials weren’t to your liking.
36. Craftzine.com blog : T-shirt Tunic Swimsuit Cover-up
37. How To Turn an Old T-Shirt Into a Sexy Top. This video contains a surprisingly large amount of cleavage, I guess that’s one way to get guys sewing!
38. Old T-Shirt Headband/Rags. This one probably has my favourite accompanying picture.
39. Hot Topic – Deconstruct a Tee with Elle
40. Big t-shirt to little angel
41. From Plain Tee To Stylish, One Shoulder Tank another vid from Gianny L.
42. How to Customize your t-shirts to look vintage by soaking them in a saline solution. (no pics for that one, sorry)
43. T-shirt to sexy top I could almost include this in the dress category, but it might be a little short for th modest ladies of HYA.
44. How to make an empire cut blouse from a t-shirt.
45. How to cut a t-shirt to be a halter top (yes, another halter top).
46. The T-Shirt Hack (Or: How to revamp an old t-shirt with nothing but scissors)
47. Hot Topic – Deconstruct a Tee with Elle
48. Guess what, it’s another t-shirt to halter top tutorial.
49. Here’s a a summery t-shirt recon from the Threadbanger team.
50. How To » Low Cut, Empire Waist, Halter Top from an old t-shirt.
On the second page of this article you will find 6 ways to turn your excess tees into a rug or quilt, and 7 tutorials explaining how to turn your tees into bags.
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Lindsey from Threadbanger dropped me a line to show off their awesome new tees. I can’t see them for sale on their site, but hey, this is Threadbanger, just go make your own!They’ve also got a new Thread Heads episode available, there’s way too many names for me to mention this week, so either just watch the embed (below) or read about it here.
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