One day there comes a time when any thing, whether it's a piece of clothing or something else, is worthless. Each of us knows how hard it is to part with your favorite jeans trousers. It's not for nothing that they are considered the most comfortable clothes!
Denim, as correctly called jeans fabric - a truly unique material. Its main properties - density and wear resistance - make it possible to use this fabric for a variety of products. And numerous pockets and rivets give additional and truly limitless possibilities of using jeans for all sorts of rework! Let's find out how to give old jeans a second life and what can be sewn from them.
What to do with old jeans: ideas for home
Thanks to the properties of denim described above, excellent objects for decorating your house can turn out from it. Among the most popular variants of "denim interior" you can specify the following:
- tablecloths;
- bedspreads for sofas and beds;
- useful organizers for storing small things (from office supplies to screwdrivers);
- Lampshades for ceiling and desk lamps;
- decorative pillows and puffs;
- baskets for towels, yarn and various household items;
- upholstery of armchairs and sofas;
- covers for stools;
- bedside mats;
- kitchen potholders and holders for hot;
- table wipes;
- hammocks and screens;
- picnic mats.
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What to sew of old jeans?
Remaking old jeans clothes into a new one is one of the popular types of needlework. For example, from a bored shirt you can make a few children's sarafans, and good and quality pants can be turned into a stylish skirt . At the same time, rubbing, appearing on the fabric with time, here serve not as a sign of decay and, on the contrary, a fashionable nuance.
To make a new thing out of old trousers, you should first cut the jeans - cut them at the seams so that you get large pieces of fabric. For this, the best men's denim trousers or other garments - denim jackets, vests, etc., are best suited. Then transfer the contours of the pattern of the new product to the underside of the fabric and cut out the elements, not forgetting the allowances for the seams. You can staple both on the wrong side and on the front side - it depends on what you want to get as a result. Another way is patchwork from jeans. In this technique, you can make almost any clothes (dress, shirt, skirt, apron), sewing together small pieces or strips of cloth, cut from a denim fabric of different shades.
What's interesting, you can change even old shoes from old jeans - elegant summer boots, room slippers or even felt boots! To do this you will need a ready-made shoe sole and some sewing skills.
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What else can you do from old jeans?
In addition to the above described large items, jeans are also suitable for making other, smaller items. In particular, fashionable jeans accessories - brooches, bracelets, earrings and beads are very appreciated. In addition to the fabric itself, it is possible and necessary to use small decorative elements (beads, rhinestones, colored ribbons).
How about a homemade denim handbag? It can be made from whole jeans trousers or in patchwork technique, from rags of different shapes and shades. Favorably look at such a bag "native" back pockets of trousers, in which it is convenient to hold any small thing. A more "male" version of this crafts - a denim backpack.
The case for a mobile phone, tablet or e-book is very easy to make, and the time and material costs are minimal. Decorate such a product with embroidery, stylish print or painting on fabric, and the cover will be an excellent gift to a loved one! Remodeling jeans is a very creative work. Perhaps you yourself will soon come up with an original way to do with old jeans.
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