Upcycled Design Lab Blog

DIY T-shirt Earrings for 20 T-shirt Upcycling Challenge

Oh me, Oh my where does the time go? Here it is Thursday and I am just getting around to writing my blog post. Better late than never I suppose. So onward... I have long held the opinion that one could make earrings out of just about any material imaginable and therefore I would be remiss if I did not have a few examples for my 20 T-shirt upcycling challenge. My only self-imposed rule for this project was to used different techniques for each of my designs. Here is what I came up with. Earrings 1 - Tiny square cut... Read more →

Another Upcycled T-shirt Abstract Art Dog with Instructions

Hello, Sorry to repeat myself, if you saw my last post you will know what I mean but the thing is I found last weeks project quite enjoyable and well... the truth is we have two dogs and I would hate to be accused of having a favorite so..... here is my latest project. This is not going to be a true tutorial as I don't really have a step by step of how I made these but I will let you in on a little secret, lest you get the wrong impression and think that I have more artistic... Read more →

Upcycled T-shirt Abstract Art Dog and 4 Step Frame Makeover

I blinked and February went by. I do hope I am back to a semi-regular posting routine. I am here today anyway and I am happy to announce that I have completed another project from my 20 T-Shirt Collection. For those of you that my be interested or just confused. Some of my tee shirt projects like my last post are not from this group of 20 t-shirts. What I have left from the original 20 T-shirts is mostly smaller pieces now so I am having to get a little more creative as time goes on. On another semi-related note... Read more →