Making Jewelry with T-Shirt Yarn ─ How to Create Fabulous Fabric Accessories

Have you ever asked yourself “What in the world should I do with all these old T-shirts?” The answer is simple: cut them up, pull the strips into rope-like loops, and braid them into colorful necklaces, earrings, headbands, rings, bracelets, belts, and more!


Making Jewelry with T-Shirt Yarn will have you wrapping and knotting your way to fun fabric jewelry creations. Author Lorine Mason reveals the five basic shapes to use in making endless combinations of embellishments. She also shows how to get terrific effects by tie-dying plain shirts to create wonderful color combinations.


So find a T-shirt, gather a few basic supplies, open this book to a cool project, and you’re on your way to a unique and inexpensive new craft. You’ll be amazed by the variety of looks you can get by working with T-shirt strips. The tying and finishing techniques presented here take only minutes to master. Kids will love wearing these stylish fashions, and will enjoy creating many of the projects all by themselves.


Discover how to create fabulous fashions from ordinary T-shirts:

‧??? How to create your own T-shirt yarn

‧??? Easy-to-learn tying and finishing techniques

‧??? Knotting, braiding, twisting and rolling fabric loops

‧??? 5 basic shapes to use in endless combinations

‧??? Tie-dyeing plain shirts to create wonderful color combinations