Your new summer hair accessory? Well… mine at least. So fresh and earthy. This is a really easy DIY using items that are probably already in your home.. And thats exactly the way I like it. haha. I am really thrifty and always like to see what I can make with the items that I already have. You can be lazy this summer and just wear plain, simple, and comfortable summer dresses and or bathing suit covers and just throw in a cute hair accessory to spice it up. Okay so here it goes.
1. INGREDIENTS: old t-shirt, hair clips, scissors, super glue, twine, and feathers.
2.CUT/RIP T-SHIRT INTO STRIPS. I chose a black T-shirt because I wanted just a subtle look in my hair. I cut/ripped 3 different lengths of fabric. One really long one, one medium length and one shorter one. I even added some knots and tied ends together for a detailed look.
3. ATTACH T-SHIRT FABRIC TO CLIP. Using the twine I simply tied and tightly knotted the fabric onto the end of the clip.
4. WRAP TWINE AROUND T-SHIRT STRIPS.Wind the twine around all three fabric pieces separately. I wound certain parts tighter than others to add more interest.
5. GLUE THE FEATHER. Super glue the end of the feather.
6. ATTACH FEATHER. Slip the super glued feather through the wrapped twine.
7. SECURE FEATHER. Secure the feather again with a snippet of twine. Knot it good, just to be sure.
8. REPEAT THE PROCESS. Repeat steps 4-7 until you have the desired amount of feathers and twine on your hair piece. I used about 3-5 feathers on each t-shirt strip.
June 2nd, 2010 at 5:28 am
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June 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 am
I really do love your hair this color!
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:18 am
I’m definitely not rad enough for that but I love it! And I LOVE your hair. Every time I visit I think “I want her wavy locks!”
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:37 am
So cute!
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:39 am
Oh Perfect!!! Just what I’ve been looking for
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:55 am
love it! i was on feather kick last fall and made similar ones, but like your idea to use a t-shirt! every time i wear mine i pretend i am Pocahontas! ha!
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:56 am
troy- hahahaa. Oh great. I can’t wait to see it on you. POST PICS. haha.
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:04 am
wow i want to do that tonight! so very cute and creative!
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:10 am
Im with troy! this is legit!
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:32 am
Love it! Totally has a rockstar vibe to it.
I, on the other hand, would look like a reject Punky Brewster if I tried it.
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:42 am
Oh wow! Seriously! This is so cool! I want to make one! Ha
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Promise, this is awesome! Thanks for the DIY tutorials.
I was wondering, how do you style your hair? What products and tools do you use? It always looks amazing!!!
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Love it.
June 2nd, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Ok, its official dude.
We seriously need to be best friends.
I mean for real.
I live in Scottsdale, I am not even far away.
I’m a newly wed. You’re a newly-ish wed.
My husband is in ministry. Your husband is in ministry.
I love thrifting, you love thrifting.
It’s just fate, my friend. You can’t fight fate
hahahaha!
This hairpiece is simply fabulous!
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:37 pm
promise! i made mine :] i’ve been wearing it all day. it makes me feel like my hair is even longer. thank you so very much for this great diy!
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
hannah- NICE!! post a link. we want to see.
June 2nd, 2010 at 5:58 pm
This is fantastic! Exactly what I’ve been looking for! I have a headband my friend made that is like this, a black tshirt, twine, feathers, and with a big gold button! I love it.
Definitely making this ASAP!
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Promise! I’ve been away so I haven’t “seen” you for a while!
I hardly recognise you – you look so much younger with darker hair! It’s beautiful! I like the change. 
This clip is so pretty, can’t wait to try it out!
June 4th, 2010 at 9:42 am
This makes me wish that my hair was longer so I could do this! Someday….
June 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I am definitely making this! LOVE.
June 5th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
woweeeee. amazing! i have to make this asap!
j.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I was wondering if you could tell me wear i can find brown feathers like yours? i was thinking just any craft store? but i feel like they would have just bright colors?!
June 11th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
hey chelsea,
have have bright ones and neutral ones. 
i got mine at Michael’s crafts.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:55 am
You look so different with brown hair, it’s cool. Nice hair accessory, I might make one for glastonbury. I’m listening to your website music right now, the song has got the line ’10,00 thousand fire flies’ I like it but can’t remember who it’s by. I would google it if I was in the google everything mood right now.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Opps I went for both 10,000 and thousand. I meant ’10,000 fire flies’.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Holy cute brown hair! It gives you a totally different look. Lovin it!
July 1st, 2010 at 3:18 pm
i adore this and will have to try it! I noticed the feathers when we et in ATL so subtle yet they make such a statement! Love funky hair accessories.
July 9th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
a little late, but i’m making mine right now! thanks promise!
July 21st, 2010 at 7:54 am
I’ve been wanting to make this since you posted it… and I finally got around to it! You’re amazing girl. Thanks for all the inspiration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephisahat/4815565628/
August 12th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I love that this is coming back into crafting. I used to make these during summer camp during the late 70′s/80′s. Rock on!
September 15th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Hey!
I saw this post a while back and then remembered it again when i was making a t shirt blanket…i had so many extra pieces so i got some twine and then dug through my jewelry to find all the broken, or missing the other one pieces and made a few necklaces!! Whenever I wear one and someone asks how I did it I definetely say i was inspired by you! Thanks for being awesome!
April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am
GRRRRL! U R SOO creative! I love this!
June 16th, 2011 at 9:01 am
I am so excited to make one!!! I just have to go get the feathers… but I’m on it!
Thank you for sharing such brilliant DIY
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