DIY T-shirt Necklace

So last week I got ambitious and made myself a jersey skirt. I love it and have worn it many times since (i'll show it to you in another post). But as I was making it and creating a lot of scraps, I decided to make a matching necklace since I'd seen soo many tutorials on pinterest. This is the one I based mine off of. And this is what I did:

First I cut about 2" wide strips of fabric. I didn't really bother to measure except to note that I wanted 3 different lengths of braid. Below you'll see that I measured the lengths as I braided, instead of at this step

Then I grouped the strips into bundles of 3 and sewed the ends together. The type of jersey I used didn't naturally curl under, so I fudged it and tried to make sure the fabric stayed in a tube as I braided. I also safety pinned the end of the braid to the couch to hold it in place while I worked.

Here you can see the three braids that I made. I wanted the middle one to be different, so I threw in a strand of black jersy to add some contrast. You can also see how I laid them out the way I wanted to necklace to lay to make sure the lengths were what I wanted.

Here's a close up so you can see how the raw edges of the fabric don't really show, and the middle braid has a black contrast.

Then I grouped the ends together and sewed them. (It didn't say to do that in the tutorial, but I was afraid they would pull apart). I took another scrap of fabric and wrapped it tightly around the sewn ends and made a side seam. Then I turned it inside out, tucking in the ends to form the look below.

And this is the final product. Forgive my grumpy face, it was late when I took this photo!

It was a fun and super easy project that only took me about 2 hours to complete. AND I got lots of compliments when I wore it to work with my jersey skirt!