Rainy Day Kerchief

This began as an experiment with stencils and fabric paint on a white cotton t-shirt, it went very wrong, but I couldn't bring myself to throw it out. So it sat in a drawer, languishing, not even good enough for pj's. Then I got the Alabama Stitch Book and Inspiration, and spirals.

I wear my hair in bandannas and kerchiefs all the time so this seemed a natural use for the ugly shirt. I had to add beads, just because.

I like the way it came out, it was a great rainy day with sick kids project, it only took a couple of hours including sick kid interruptions. I'm going to use the rest of the shirt to add spirals to a dark green t-shirt.

Here's how.
1. cut the front and back of the t-shirt into a triangle using the hem of the shirt to make the front of the kerchief. Cut the triangles a little shorter that the width of the shirt but cut out the whole length of the hem, the ends on the hem make perfect ties. stitch across the front
2. cut circles out of other fabric, cut the circles into a spiral, pin spirals to both layers of kerchief. hand stitch in place. add beads or other embellishment.

I only stitched the two kerchief layers together at the front hem. I left the edges unstitched, but the spirals hold everything in place. Old worn t-shirts work really well and are very comfortable to wear, especially in the summer.