It’s Day 7 of National Craft Month! These delightful T-Shirt Flower Pins, designed by Amanda Formaro of Crafts by Amanda, are the perfect accessory for spring. This thrifty craft takes old T-Shirts and up-cycles them into fabulous new pins for spring! Don’t forget to join us on Periscope for a live-streamed craft every day this month. Plus, scroll down for info on how to win our epic craft giveaways!
Supplies needed for T-Shirt Flower Pins:
- T-shirt, cut into 2” x 1/2” strips
- Pin back
- Button
- 1.5” Styrofoam ball
- Felt
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
Instructions
1. Cut Styrofoam ball in half. Cut a circle from felt and glue to the flat side of the ball half. Reserve the remaining half for another project or a second t-shirt pin.
2. Twist t-shirt strip in the center, then fold in half.
3. Add a dab of hot glue to folded end and attach to the side of the Styrofoam ball.
4. Repeat step 3 all the way around the base of the Styrofoam ball.
5. Do a second row of petals above the first row.
6. Do a third row of petals above the second row.
7. Hot glue a button to the center of the ball.
8. Turn flower over and run a line of glue across the felt then press the pin back into the glue.
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Looks so lovely and
like a lot of fun to
make!
Carla from Utah
So cute and looks
easy to do.
Carla from Utah
WOW! What a great way to reuse old T-Shirts without throwing them away. Does not look to complicated either.I love the idea of using them on T-Shirts and I bet they would look really noce on headbands,pocketbooks or maybe even pants. I can think of so many uses. Brain on a Roll. Must make some now. Thanks for the Great Idea.
These are really pretty. Such a great way to use up T shirts that might otherwise end up in the garbage. Such a pretty pin for a spring jacket. I bet I could make these with kids if I use fabric glue. Do you think that will work?