I am a huge fan on no-sew projects from recycled clothing. If you were a fan of my no-sew DIY Workout Shirt, you will enjoy this one as well. Plus they will look très chic when worn together! Behold, a scarf that is perfectly lightweight and easy-to-wear to your Yoga or Bar Method class and stylish enough for running errands around town!
Oh, and did I mention there is no sewing required?!
DIY Multi-Strand Scarf
Makes one stylish scarf
Ingredients:
1 old T-shirt (the bigger the better)
1 pair of scissors
1 ruler
10 minutes
1. Start with a large T-shirt. Any old shirt will do! Seamless is a plus!
2. Cut off the bottom hem of the shirt. Then cut 1in – 2in wide strips horizontally across the shirt from bottom to armpit. You can cut as many strips as you would like (I liked my thick strips the most). The more strips, the more strands your scarf will have. You can use a ruler to guide a straight line across the shirt, but don’t worry if they aren’t perfect.
3. Set the bottom hem aside. Stretch all of the remaining strips until they become long, and the raw edges start to roll inwards.
4. Cut one end of the bottom hemline so it becomes a string.
5. Using the strip of bottom hemline, knot it around the strands to secure them in place.
6. Wrap the strip a few inches around the center of the scarf, and back over to meet the other ends. Knot the ends together tightly.
7. Trim the loose ends and tuck the knot underneath the wrapped fabric.
Viola, a stylish scarf to wear to yoga! Wear it long or bundle it up, it’s super fun and easy-to-wear!
Post or email your photos if you make a scarf! I can’t wait to see your creations!
Love this!!! and the BBM shirt! Go Catherine!!
Beckley By Melissa is one of my favorite brands! My fav BBM shirt just happened to match the color scheme for today’s Fashion Friday! xoxo
Why did you get the good fashion gene in the family…. I feel like a failure with all your cool ideas. This is amazing!
Haha thank you! You are creative too, plus you got the business skills!
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Love how easy your instructions are!!! The step by step pictures!!!!
Thank you! xo
Hey, just wondering, what size of a Tshirt did you use? I like the length of the scarf and the other tutorials’ scarfs don’t look as great as yours. Thanks!
My shirt was a men’s Large! xo
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I was pleasantly surprised by how easily the fabric (mine was a 100% cotton shirt) curled and stretched! Awesome, quick and easy project. Thanks!!
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Your scarf turned out so cute Emily! Thanks for sharing your photo! xo
My strands won’t roll. Any suggestions?
Oh no! Another reader has the same problem! It could be the type of fabric or weave of the shirt that you are using? The shirt I used was 100% cotton!
I tried another of my old shirts and it didn’t work either. They are labeled “100% cotton.” I tried one of my son’s, also “100% cotton,” and it worked well.
The strands from my son’s are pretty much all the same length. Is the one in the photo looped twice? Or should I cut some strands and make them shorter? There was no seam, so my strands are continuous.
Hi Beth! I am not sure why your scarf is not turning out correctly! My strands are not double looped, only single! I wish I could be of more help!
I just love this idea. Mine turned out great. I plan to make one in another
color. Very stylish.
Easy and beautiful ! I’ll try to do that
Yayy I can’t wait for you to try it
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I made this scarf today with my daughter & our cousin, they are 9 & 11 years old, and they loved it! They used 2 t-shirts a bright blue & a bright green. The main body of each scarf was one colour and the tie part the other colour. They are very cute and so easy to make. I picked up new $1 t-shirts at a local liquidator – can’t get better than that! Thanks for the fun idea!!
Too cute!! xo
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Super cute
I’ve got so many compliments on this!
This was wonderful, and easy, thank you.
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I am addicted to these T-shirt necklaces/scarves. Your tutorial is great.
Thanks!
i make these to sell at my holiday boutique. BUT when cutting the strips all the way across, leave a 1″ to 2″ cut strip at one side (so all the strips are joined at the side seam). if you want, cut one strip completely across (2″ to 3″ wide) to be used to wrap the piece that wasn’t cut….
For someone who has no design skills, I am pleasantly surprised at how easy this is!!!! I will be making these for Christmas presents. Thanks for the DIY tip
I found that for the strands that wont roll you can still make a super cute scarf by cutting slits halfway through the width of the strips about 2 inches apart and then flipping it over and going inbetween each of the slits cutting halfway up the other side too.
Love this idea! I’m making christmas gifts out of these!
Another simple idea is to use the sleeves in the same fashion to make a groovy headband. Works great for people with semi-crazy hair.(Super naturally curly/ generally out of control.) It can actually hold mine down.
WOW! You are awesome! I wanted to find something easy to make as an additional present for my sister for Christmas. I did this today between 10-20 minutes, and it turned out GREAT!
Thanks! Thank-you soo soo soo much for putting this up. I am definitely subscribing!!!!! LOVE THIS! I’m going to make 3 more!!!!
my t-shirt hade seams. how do you hide the other seam?
I found this tutorial on Pinterest, and made 3 scarves in 30 minutes! So quick and easy! I was shopping for cute, lightweight scarves for an upcoming cruise, and this saved me $ and legwork. Now, I’m going to hit clearance racks for some fun, beach-y colors. Thanks!
Oh,Catherine!
You are my MOTIVATION!
Please never stop blogging!
Beautiful! how do you get the ‘rings’ of the scarf in so many different sizes, short and long? Do you need to use childrens’ small T shirt strips and also L size men’s ones? Please advise me! Thank you!!