Friday 20th February 2026, 19:17
I was reviewing the stuff I have for sale because I should start to weed out the stuff that simply isn't going to sell and give it away instead. So I started with the oldest stuff and picked out a t-shirt. I added it to the pile of stuff that I should take out to my car ready to taken either to the dump or a charity shop.
But then I remembered seeing some mention somewhere of the idea of turning old t-shirts into skirts. Of course I have too many skirts already but I like the idea of making things, so long as it doesn't require much effort, skill, or material. So I searched the web for tutorials on doing this with the requirement that no sewing is required and no fabric glue. After viewing and rejecting about a dozen I found this tutorial on YouTube:
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The bit that was most interesting was how she created and used a drawstring. The waistband of the skirt is formed by the hem of the t-shirt and the drawstring threaded through it. That hadn't occurred to me. Mine was even easier than hers because my t-shirt actually has small slits at the bottom so the front an back are hemmed separately. This meant that I didn't even have to make any holes in the hem for the drawstring.
I added a couple of beads to the draw string to prevent it slipping back into the waistband. They came from an old bead curtain that i dismantled a couple of years ago.
Here's the skirt.
