I’m not crafty in general, but I did grow up sewing, and this week, I’ve been revisiting my skills with a project that required half a t-shirt.
I didn’t say it was a classy project.
So I had this half-a-shirt and had no idea what to do with it, because like I said, squirting mustard on my burger in the shape of a smiley face is usually about as crafty as I get. But I started cutting . . . and cutting . . . and cutting, and I ended up with this:
(see how I put on red lipstick for you?)
I don’t even like fringe, but I didn’t hate this! And the boys I work with actually complimented me on it, too! And they never notice anything I wear! And maybe they only noticed this because it was near my boobs, but still!
To make your own:
1) Cut off the bottom of a t-shirt straight across. I used about 8 inches of t-shirt, but you can make yours shorter or longer to suit your scarfing needs.
2) Lay the t-shirt flat so that it looks like an awful, awful tube top or miniskirt.
3) With a sharp pair of scissors, start cuttin’. I cut my strips about a half-inch wide and to a little more than halfway up, but you can see that I had plenty of uncut t-shirt left, so you may want to cut more.
4) Take terrible pictures of yourself in the bathroom and send them to me.
You’re weeeeeeeeeelcome.
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Yay for easy things and yay for boobs!!
You look hot in red lipstick.
Cute idea! I can’t cut straight lines so I probably STILL would manage to screw this up but maybe not.
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I’ve been tempted to make T-shirt scarves before, but more those loopy ones than the fringey things.
Those are technical terms, by the way.
I also made a loopy one and actually liked the fringey one better. Next I’m going to buy a fringey leather purse. And then fringey moccasins. And get a fringey haircut.
To infinity and beyond! I like it.
What lipstick is this? I like it.
It’s L’Oreal Colour Riche True Red. And it actually does look red on me sometimes. And sometimes it looks orange. Since orange actually looks good on you, it might be a winner.
I thought it looked a bit warm for your preferences! Now as anyone who sees this picture must agree, I love it, but if you’re still looking for a less warm red, I continue to vote for Nars’s Scarlet Empress. Or a color called Tanin, by Bite (available at Sephora). Or, if you’re testing the drugstore waters, Revlon makes a decent bright red. If memory serves, Certainly Red leans a teeny bit cooler than neutral.
For that matter, I sometimes wear a Bite “sheer lip balm” (except I lay it on thickly, so it’s decently opaque) in a color called Starfruit — which makes no sense as starfruit is greeny yellow, but whatever — and the website calls it magenta, I call it berry, but my coworkers call it cool red. So y’know. There’s that.
OOOh CUTE! And so easy! Cha-ching@!
I think I might have a paint-splattered, holey tee shirt around upstairs. If so, I will make my own and post it for you to see. I don’t have red lipstick anymore. Pinkish brown will have to do.
I love it!! It could also be a substitute for your invisible cloak that you needed the other day. I don’t own any fringe-y stuff, but I want to now!!
Hey, that’s pretty cool!
Now we need to talk about that sexy, sexy lipstick you’re wearing. Rrrrrow.
Something tells me I couldn’t pull it off quite as well.
And I’m not sure I could deal with the loss of one-o-my black t-shirts.
Seriously, though, looks awesome! Crazy creative!
:)
I love your lipstick!!
I actually thought of you when I was putting it on! I’m able to look ridiculous in my house, apparently.
I was watching this clip to see the “magic carpet” line that always makes me laugh…and then i saw YOUR SCARF on the dude.
I feel like I SHOULD feel embarrassed, but . . . mine is a SCARF, Anne, and his is, like, half of a shirt.
Oh, crap. Mine is made out of half a shirt.
You win.