DIY Fringe Top 101

Yesterday for a few minutes, I busied myself on cropping an old top from my labyrinth of forgotten clothes. This I learned from watching several videos (via YouTube and other helpful blog sites) about cutting/making a whole new look from olden clothing. I did the easiest and the safest, which I think only took me not more than 15 minutes to finish. That quick and easy!

DIY Fringe Top 
What you need:
1. A pair of sharp scissors.
2. An over sized shirt. They can come in handy by making a search in your house's closets. They can be your brother or Pop's shirt. Or something RTW that you got for a low price, though make sure it's still you in style.

Step 1: 
I just cut the bottom hem of the shirt. Make sure that while you're doing all the cutting, you're laying the shirt on a flat surface for a good eye view of the material and for better cutting results.

The cut hem outlined with a yellow line

Step 2: 
Fit the over sized shirt onto you and put on a mark where you want the fringe to start or how high you want the fringe to go. It can be above or below your belly button, whichever you prefer. I prefer it way below my belly button since I decided to partner it with an old skirt with an upper part I don't want the people to get a glimpse at. :) By the way the fringes' height from the bottom of the shirt until where I cut it upwards' approximately 3 1/2 inches long. 

Step 3:
To get even width of the fringes, my technique was cut first the middle part of the shirt (you can refer to the above image), and then cut a half again on each of the halves you initially cut (this time see images below). So that makes 4 equal parts now. Repeat the steps until you reach the part where the strings are already sized about half an inch wide. 

Step 4: 
Pull all the strings you've cut to make it longer and to not make it look like it was freshly scissored. Without pulling the strings, i think the shirt would look too technical, boring and not fashionable enough especially on a shirt like the one I used since it's all white and plain. Tugging the ends of the strings makes a good look to the now appearance you're trying to make off of the shirt.

Step 5: 
Tie the end of each string to a knot. The knots can go low or high, depending on you. 

Step 6: 
WALAH! There you have a fringe crop top! Ready to go. HAHAHAH

I could't find anything decent to wear since almost all my clothes are left in a crate in Mandaluyong, and I was home in Laguna from a weekend off. This was one instance where watching videos about recycling clothes became serviceable to me!!!  

Please bear with how I managed to capture the step by step process. I didn't know I'll be posting this, but I hope this is somehow clear and helpful. :)) 


More love,
Wandering Venus