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DIY: 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt

8 by Doug Gunzelmann on January 12, 2009

DIY T-Shirt Upcyle

99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt into Something Special is a great guide to DIY-ing your thrift store wardrobe. Soft worn in shirts are great, but ripped slinky shirts that show more skin are better!

DIY T-Shirt Upcyle

DIY T-Shirt Upcyle

DIY T-Shirt Upcyle

This instruction book by Campai Studio in Brooklyn gives you 99 ways to alter any t-shirt using scissors, needle, and thread. Each project is simple, makes the most from a minimal amount of alterations, and makes even a hack job look hot since precision isn’t the name of the game.

Each project is rated 1 (easiest) to 4 (still pretty easy) and gives you step by step how-to. Compai has written two similar DIY books titled 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, and Rock Out Your Denim and 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Tie, and Rock Your Scarf.

Some of these you can literally complete in under 5 minutes.

See the gallery of completed works on the next page.

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Doug is in perpetual motion and a self-proclaimed adventure junkie, that has had a longtime love affair with the great outdoors.

“I love being a part of the active world. The stuff that blows my hair back is adventure (all shapes and sizes), photography, mountaineering, Muay Thai, and seeing natural beauty in all its forms. The living earth is the framework on which I build my life and free time. My ideal trip would be BASE jumping at Sotano de Las Golandrinas in Mexico (closest I could come to skydiving through the jungle!). I work towards keeping it real, green, and healthy. ”

Doug is the co-founder of LiveOAK, although he says he didn’t know what a blog was until a couple months after he started.

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8 responses to “DIY: 99 Ways to Cut, Sew, Trim, and Tie Your T-Shirt”

  1. Justina
    Justina
    January 14, 2009 at 8:40 pm |

    Thanks so much for posting about us and spreading the green!
    xoxo Justina of COMPAI

  2. Puspanjali
    Puspanjali
    February 7, 2009 at 11:04 pm |

    That is really a cool idea to transform ordinary looking T-shirts into designer tops.

  3. High Street Fashion
    High Street Fashion
    April 22, 2009 at 8:57 am |

    these are extraordinary and unique techniques. i’ll try to customized my shirts.

  4. yo
    yo
    August 12, 2009 at 12:13 pm |

    Just borrowed this book from the Library. It is AWESOME! :)

  5. Maggie
    Maggie
    September 14, 2010 at 4:05 pm |

    YOU SUK!!!!

  6. SHEKINAH
    SHEKINAH
    January 22, 2011 at 7:38 am |

    Kul!!!!!!!!!!! DIZ IZ AWESOME!!!!!!!!…….:)

  7. Maggie
    Maggie
    October 9, 2011 at 6:37 pm |

    Hello,

    I was wondering if anyone knew how to make the last picture. The white one with the cross tie back. I was also wondering what the front looks like.

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