February 17 and 18, 2012: T-Shirt redundancy (but it never gets old!)

I don't think I will ever get bored of making T-shirt scarves. I will certainly add a little pizzaz to them and try new things as time goes on but honestly... they are so fun to make and are the perfect accessory to a comfy casual outfit :).

This one is made from two different T-shirts and I added a 4-part braid to spice it up. I should pay respect again to the blog that showed me how to make most of the T-shirt scarves that I make.

If I were you I would be wondering where the heck I get all of these T-shirts from. Well, I have gotten to the point where I do not have as many T-shirts as I once did... well at least not in T-shirt form anymore. So I like to stop at the Salvation Army and pick up large T-shirts for specific projects. One day I went in and while I was looking at the T-shirts there was a group of men feverishly ripping shirts off of hangers and throwing them into this large rolling bin. They were working quickly and I couldn't imagine what they were doing. Obviously I asked... because if you have not caught on, it bothers me to not know something that I care to know :). They told me that when clothes stuck around for more than a week they were taken off of the hangers and shipped oversees to needy communities. Huh! How cool is that? I guess they get so many donations on a daily basis that they can't take more in if they don't ship some out. I was very happy to hear that this is where they were going and that they were not being put in a dump somewhere. When I got home I went to the Salvation Army website and saw all of the great programs that they are involved in.

The next day, I took the remaining material and made a headband! :) This is just a long 4-part braid that I wrapped around 3 times and sewed together in the back. Comfy and cool... and I didn't waste the leftovers!