Jersey Cotton Necklace

Well I am having a fabulous weekend with some of my craftiest friends! B Head and Egan are here and in between our bouts of "hoarders" marathons (which also brought on a few cleaning binges for me) we decided to get a little crafty!
After creating a few foam coozies... (which were def not blog-worthy) we moved on to greater things. B Head showed me an amazing necklace she made out of an old t-shirt. Because it's made of jersey cotton, it is remarkably light-weight for large necklace. The best part is, of course, if you have an old t-shirt to re-purpose, the cost is FREE! 

But mom! I just want to help!

Dislaimer: Tucker really wanted to be our little "helper" for this project and pretty much attempted to chew everything we were working on, so he'll be making quite a few guest appearances because we could not get him OUT OF THE WAY!

Ok back to the craft! First, find an old t-shirt. I used a plain one but you could try a patterned one as well. Lay the tee out on the floor. Cut off the hemmed edge on the bottom. Then, begin cutting 1-inch strips straight across. Do not cut the side seams-- you'll want to end up with loops of fabric.

 

Taking the loops in both hands, stretch out the strips of fabric, like so. Place the strips around your neck and arrange them how you'd like them to be. You can keep some longer and some shorter for variety or keep them the same length. Once you've got it figured out, wrap your fist around all of the pieces and take it off of your head to hold it in place. Using another strip of fabric, wrap it around the strips and tie it to secure. Then you're done!

 

Here's mine... in gray... no surprise.

Here is B Head's... in turquoise... which is awesome.

This project takes about 10 minutes and makes a eye-catching accessory. Save it for a rainy day or whip one up on your lunch break! Happy Crafting!