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DIY Fashion: Blooming Bib Recycled T-Shirt Necklace

25 January 2011 22,025 views 14 Comments

by heather

I had been searching for a colorful statement necklace and hadn't found anything close to what I was dreaming of. I decided to take matters into my own hands, my sisters and I are always buying irregular tees from Dollar Tree and I had this periwinkle tee in my stash that was the perfect color... so out came the scissors, thread and my trusty glue gun to make this ruffly bib necklace.

How to Make a Blooming Bib Recycled T-Shirt Necklace

Guest Post by Sophie (Sister #2) from The Sisters 4 Say More is More

Project Estimate:

T-shirt, $1 or on hand
2 sheets of felt, on hand or $.25
Needle and thread, on hand
Glue gun and glue sticks, on hand
Pins, on hand

Total: FREE and up

To Make:

Cut bottom hem off t-shirt. You will use this as the ribbon on the necklace.

Fold the t-shirt in half and cut circles out of it. Because it's folded, you should get four circles every time you cut. Your circles don't have to be an exact size, but you can cut them to be about 2".

Cut some fringe around the edges of your circles.

Cut a bib shape out of felt for your necklace base. I used a bib necklace I already had as a template. If you don't have one, just cut sort of a half-moon shape out of a piece of felt. Cut two of these, and save one for later.

Arrange stacks of circles on the felt. In the middle of the necklace, I used stacks of eight circles and on the sides I used stacks of four circles. Tack each stack of circles with 2-4 stitches with your needle and thread.

Take the bottom seam from the t-shirt that you saved, and sew it to the sides of the bib to use as the ribbon that you'll tie around your neck.

Take your second bib-shaped felt and attach it to the back of the necklace with hot glue. This will cover your stitching.

Sophie's tip: the closer you place your circle stacks to each other the poofier your bib necklace will be... {is poofier even a word?}

When I first wore my necklace it was out to eat Italian food and I downed my Spaghetti a little too quickly... just remember... this is a bib necklace... not an actual bib...
xoxo~ Sophie (sis#2)

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14 Comments »

heather (author) said:

I love this project! Simple, cute, and fashionable! Oh, and cheap! :) Thanks for the awesome guest post! I love the Sisters 4!

# 25 January 2011 at 9:51 am

Kirsten at S&P said:

Super pretty – great job, girls! xo

# 25 January 2011 at 11:24 am

SouthernScraps said:

This is awesome!

# 25 January 2011 at 2:14 pm

Peaches said:

Love it. Big-honkin bib necklaces are always fun but they get a bit weighty…this looks so light and fresh and fun. Great idea!

# 25 January 2011 at 3:22 pm

songbirdtiff said:

Beautiful! I love it. This is a great replacement for scarfs in the summer.

# 25 January 2011 at 3:53 pm

carrie luke said:

Such a great punch of color. Classy and cheap. I LOVE the combination.
Carrie Dimas

# 26 January 2011 at 5:42 pm

Fancy Lads said:

Holy crap. This is outstanding!

# 27 January 2011 at 5:58 pm

samantha said:

Very cool. Awesome for spring.

# 31 January 2011 at 11:52 am

Sarah said:

I love it! I’m linking to this on my blog :)

# 15 February 2011 at 9:05 am

Nathalia said:

I loved this idea! I made it in about an hour. I just did it in one color like yours but if I do it again, I’ll probably use two different colored t-shirts and see how it turns out.

# 17 March 2011 at 5:55 pm