How can you change the direction of your life?

A lot of us have been stuck in a rut. Not knowing what the next step is or how to rise above the joke our life has become is a major challenge for many. All around us people are loosing their jobs. A lot leave school and can't find jobs, some are under employed or over qualified. While we have a lot who are dissatisfied with where they are in life.
Nothing will satisfy you better than riding on the high that you get from doing what you are passionate about.

Over the years I have been riding on the high that my passion gives me. These pictures speak of a journey in teaching craft.

Fabric accessories from Old T-shirt

Most of us have our old T-shirts at home and we either throw them away or give them out. Those old T-shirts are made from cotton and can be converted to necklaces or scarves and lots more.

 

Materials needed

Old t-shirt (or new one if you like)

Tape rule

Scissors

Needle and thread (you will be needing the long hand sewing needle)

Anything to embellish it

Steps

1.      Take the T-shirt and place on a flat surface like a work table of the floor.

2.      Measure the width or length of the T-shirt and your neck length.

3.      Cut the t-shirt in strips. You will have to cut 2 sizes. 8 short ones and 18 long ones. Then cut for short strips that are much thinner in width than the rest. Also cut 2 wider short strips. This will be used to cover the joining areas.

4.      Arrange the long and short strips together and place separately.

5.      Thread the needle with a colour

that matches the colour of the t-shirt. Take the long strips by one end and the short ones by another end and join together by sewing them with your needle and thread. (Ensure you sew together firmly.)

6.      Do same for the other side.  Take the thing short strips and sew on one side of the necklace but don’t sew the other end so that one end is free and extends down like a sort of embellishment.

7.      Now what is left is to cover up the joining sections on both sides of the necklace. Take one of the wider short strips place it round the joining so that it meets at the back of the necklace. Then sew together ensuring that the area where you sewed the long and short strips together is perfectly covered. Do same for the other side.

8.      And so you have it!

9.      Check mine in the picture below………………..Enjoy!