Braided Scarf Upcycle

In my daughter's closet you'll find a large box of old clothes that we no longer wear, each piece waiting to be part of an awesome upcycle project (dreaming big over here).    So today I made this braided scarf out of an odd-shaped top that I never wear.  Here is what I did...

This was pretty easy, no sewing machine required.  All I used was a rotary cutter (scissors will work too), and some thread and needle for a little bit of hand-stitching.  That's it!


First, I cut both of the arms into thirds and braided them.  It doesn't need to be perfect.

 I hand-stitched the ends of each braid so they don't come undone, trimmed off any flyaways and cut the tag.

Then I took the end of the left arm braid and tucked it into the armpit of the right arm (at the base of the braid).  From the inside, I hand-stitched the end of the braid onto the armpit seam to secure it.  I did the same thing with the right arm braid, twisting it once around the left braid.

After both braids were sewn in, all I had to do was gather the back and fold it like you would fold a double-loop infinity scarf.

 

Voila!  There you have it!  Recycling one piece at a time, I'll slowly but surely get rid of this giant box of clothes I am hoarding.

edited on 4/28/15